NKR FOREIGN MINISTER: NKR HAS THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT MAY DEFINE ITS FATE
AZG Armenian Daily
07/07/2006
In end July-early August Matthew Bryza, OSCE MG US Co-Chair is going
to visit NKR. Ashot Gulian, Speaker of NKR Parliament, and Georgiy
Petrosian, NKR Foreign Minister, told the journalists about this today.
Gulian stated that at the meeting with Bryza the sides touched upon
the recent interview of the US Co-Chair.
"Bryza said that he just announced the common opinion of the
co-chairs," Gulian said, adding that they thoroughly informed Bryza
about the latest developments and the beginning of the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict to deepen his idea of the settlement process.
Petrosian stated that they expressed concern about the publication
of the certain elements of the negotiation process, as well as about
the point in the interview which links the settlement of the conflict
with the Armenian-Turkish relations. NKR Foreign Minister emphasized
that NKR Foreign Ministry isn’t going to make any official statement
on the above-mentioned interview of Bryza at the current stage.
^_As for the latest suggestions of the OSCE MG co-chairs, Mr. Gulian
said that the document might only serve as a ground for the
negotiations, as not all of the points in that are acceptable for NKR
and Armenia. At the same time, Gulian said that the actions of the
Azeri authorities testify that Baku isn’t ready for the settlement,
yet. He said, if Azerbaijan agrees to negotiate with NKR, that will
mean that Baku is ready for the conflict settlement.
In his turn, Petrosian stated that in the course of the settlement
process a new situation was created and it’s hard to say in
which format the negotiations will launch. "The position of NKR is
unchanged: NKR participated in the establishment of the cease-fire,
and, therefore, it has right to participate in the negotiations that
may define its fate," Petrosian underscored.