OSCE CHIEF MEETS WITH KARABAKH LEADER IN YEREVAN
ITAR-TASS News Agency, Russia
June 5, 2007
Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation
in Europe, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos met
on Tuesday with president of the unrecognized republic of Nagorny
Karabakh Arkady Gukasyan.
Moratinos made no statement for the mass media after the 40-minute-long
meeting with Gukasyan at the Karabakh permanent mission in Armenia.
Gukasyan, in turn, said the talks were initiated by the OSCE
chairman-in-office, who had expressed the wish to hear the Karabakh
stance regarding all aspects of the settlement.
"It is impossible to get all you wish from the negotiations, but, on
the other hand, there is no alternative to the talks," Gukasyan said.
In Gukasyan words, "the Karabakh status is on the top of the
negotiations. If there is no consent concerning this issue, the
discussion on other problems is senseless."
Stepanakert adheres to the position that "Nagorny Karabakh will
never agree to become a part of Azerbaijan and never give up its
independence," Gukasyan said.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
