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    ARMENIAN LEADER SKIPS NATO SUMMIT OVER DECLARATION WORDS ON KARABAKH

    ITAR-TASS
    May 21, 2012 Monday 12:54 PM GMT+4

    Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan skipped the NATO summit that took
    place in Chicago over the wording of the North-Atlantic Alliance's
    draft declaration in relation to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict
    settlement, which is unacceptable for Armenia, Foreign Minister Edward
    Nalbandian said at the meeting with Chicago's Armenian Diaspora.

    The draft declaration contained a common wording about protracted
    regional conflicts in South Caucasus and the Republic of Moldova,
    he said. Yerevan believes that the Nagorno Karabakh conflict differs
    from other conflicts and requires special approaches to the settlement.

    "Despite some changes made as compared to the document of the previous
    NATO summit in Lisbon, this wording contradicts approaches of co-chairs
    of the OSCE Minsk Group, who have its mediator mandate for the Nagorno
    Karabakh conflict settlement," the minister said adding that the
    presidents of the United States, Russia and France have repeatedly
    expressed this position.

    "This wording contradicts the statements and decisions that had been
    adopted of late within the framework of the Organization for Security
    and Cooperation in Europe," "it may not only damage the negotiation
    process on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement, but may also
    threaten the region's fragile situation," Nalbandian said.

    "Taking into account these concerns the Armenian leader decided not
    to attend the Chicago summit," he said.

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