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KARABAKH WILL NOT CEDE EVEN A BIT OF ITS INDEPENDENCE: PRESIDENT
/ARKA/
March 5, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, March 5. / ARKA /. During a Saturday meeting with the
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group the president of Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic (NKR) Bako Sahakyan said the republic will not cede even a
small portion of its independence.
The meeting with the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs Robert Bradtke (USA),
Igor Popov (Russia) and Jacques Faure (France) took place on Saturday
in NKR capital Stepanakert. Speaking about establishment of relations
with Azerbaijan president Sahakyan stressed that the position of
official Stepanakert has not changed.
"Without the restoration of THE full format of negotiations and the
full participation of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic in all stages of
the negotiation process it is impossible to reach a comprehensive
settlement of the conflict" was quoted as saying by his press office.
Sahakyan was said to have congratulated Jacques Faure, the new
French Minsk Group co-chairman. on his appointment. Then the parties
discussed the current stage and prospects of the Azerbaijani-Karabakh
conflict. The meeting was attended by Acting Minister of Foreign
Affairs of NKR Vasily l Atajanyan.
Nagorno-Karabakh, populated overwhelmingly by ethnic Armenians,
broke away from Azerbaijan following a three-year war that left some
30,000 dead.
A Russia-brokered ceasefire ended the hostilities in 1994, but peace
has remained fragile since then. The current Minsk Group-mediated
negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan have not brought a peace
agreement yet. The latest peace plan of the international mediators
calls for the Armenian withdrawal from some of the territories held
by the Karabakh military, the return of displaced people, security
guarantees for Karabakh and its Armenian population and the possibility
of a future referendum to decide the area's final legal status.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
/ARKA/
March 5, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, March 5. / ARKA /. During a Saturday meeting with the
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group the president of Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic (NKR) Bako Sahakyan said the republic will not cede even a
small portion of its independence.
The meeting with the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs Robert Bradtke (USA),
Igor Popov (Russia) and Jacques Faure (France) took place on Saturday
in NKR capital Stepanakert. Speaking about establishment of relations
with Azerbaijan president Sahakyan stressed that the position of
official Stepanakert has not changed.
"Without the restoration of THE full format of negotiations and the
full participation of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic in all stages of
the negotiation process it is impossible to reach a comprehensive
settlement of the conflict" was quoted as saying by his press office.
Sahakyan was said to have congratulated Jacques Faure, the new
French Minsk Group co-chairman. on his appointment. Then the parties
discussed the current stage and prospects of the Azerbaijani-Karabakh
conflict. The meeting was attended by Acting Minister of Foreign
Affairs of NKR Vasily l Atajanyan.
Nagorno-Karabakh, populated overwhelmingly by ethnic Armenians,
broke away from Azerbaijan following a three-year war that left some
30,000 dead.
A Russia-brokered ceasefire ended the hostilities in 1994, but peace
has remained fragile since then. The current Minsk Group-mediated
negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan have not brought a peace
agreement yet. The latest peace plan of the international mediators
calls for the Armenian withdrawal from some of the territories held
by the Karabakh military, the return of displaced people, security
guarantees for Karabakh and its Armenian population and the possibility
of a future referendum to decide the area's final legal status.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress