Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister, French Diplomat Discuss Karabakh

ARMENIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER, FRENCH DIPLOMAT DISCUSS KARABAKH

Arminfo, Yerevan
22 Oct 04

YEREVAN

Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Tatul Markaryan yesterday received
Jean Francois Terral, director of the French Foreign Affairs
Ministry’s European Department.

The press service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry told our news
agency that the sides at the meeting discussed development of
relations between Armenia and France, including prospects for settling
regional conflicts. Markaryan informed the diplomat of the existing
situation in the Nagornyy Karabakh settlement and thanked him for the
balanced position of France.

The deputy minister rated highly the contribution made by France as a
co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group to the establishment of stability in
the region.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS