S. Sargsyan: "Cochairmen Are Optimistic"

S. SARGSYAN: "CO-CHAIRMEN ARE OPTIMISTIC"

Panorama.am
20:00 03/04/2008

Today early in the morning the Prime Minister of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan
had a meeting with the OSCE Minsk group co-chairmen and the OSCE
ongoing president’s representative Anjey Kasprchik in Novotel Hotel.

According to the public relations department of the Government,
the negotiations process of the NKR question were discussed and
evaluated. The co-chairmen presented the results of the meeting held
with the president of Azerbaijan Ilhaam Aliev. Serzh Sargsyan said
that he was seriously concerned with the activities carried out by the
Azeri side and the recent violation of the armistice and the shooting
in the border line of the NKR and Azerbaijan. He also reaffirmed the
approach and position of the Republic of Armenia to solve the problem
through the negotiations with the support of the OSCE Minsk group.

After the meeting Serzh Sargsyan received the journalists and said
that he felt the co-chairmen have optimistic view points. As for
the possible meeting the president of Azerbaijan, the Prime Minister
answered that he had expressed his position and said that he would
not stand against that particular meeting in the frame works of some
summit or session if, of course, the other side agreed.

The OSCE Minsk group co-chairman Mathew Bryza also shared his opinions
with the journalists after the meeting. "This is quite long we know
the president-elect Prime Minister. We know him and we think that
we can keep working with him even later on and improve the stage of
the negotiations."

As for the changing the format of the NKR regulation, Bryza said
that there is only one single format of it and that is the OSCE Minsk
group. He said that there is no need to change that one.