ARMENIAN PRESIDENT WAS READY TO SETTLE KARABAKH CONFLICT IN 2008 - LENMARKER
Tert.am
17:53 ~U 10.10.11
The Armenian president was ready to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict in 2008 as the discussions over the opening of the
Armenian-Turkish were underway, according to Goran Lenmarker, a former
president of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE).
In an interview with the Azerbaijani news agency APA, the former
European official blamed the Armenian Diaspora for hampering the
process.
He said the opening of the Armenian-Turkish border would have
positively affected the Karabakh settlement.
Lenmarker stressed the importance of a negotiated settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. He called for withdrawing the Armenian
troops from the neighboring territories and creating a corridor
between Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia.
He further spoke of the Armenian and Azerbaijani refugees' return
and the final determination of Nagorno-Karabakh's status.
Tert.am
17:53 ~U 10.10.11
The Armenian president was ready to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict in 2008 as the discussions over the opening of the
Armenian-Turkish were underway, according to Goran Lenmarker, a former
president of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE).
In an interview with the Azerbaijani news agency APA, the former
European official blamed the Armenian Diaspora for hampering the
process.
He said the opening of the Armenian-Turkish border would have
positively affected the Karabakh settlement.
Lenmarker stressed the importance of a negotiated settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. He called for withdrawing the Armenian
troops from the neighboring territories and creating a corridor
between Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia.
He further spoke of the Armenian and Azerbaijani refugees' return
and the final determination of Nagorno-Karabakh's status.