BELLICOSE STATEMENTS COMPLICATE NEGOTIATION PROCESS, ARMENIAN FOREIGN
MINISTER SAYS
Y EREVAN, JUNE 28, NOYAN TAPAN. Receiving the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs
Bernard Fassier (France), Matthew Bryza (US) and Yuri Merzlyakov
(Russia), and the Personal Representative of the OSCE
Chairman-in-Office Andrzei Kasprzyk on June 27, the RA foreign minister
Edward Nalbandian spoke about Armenia’s approaches to the proposals
that the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs presented in Madrid in November
2007. He underlined that the bellicose statements made by Azerbaijani
leaders complicate the creation of an atmosphere of trust during
negotiation process and progress in negotiations.
NT was informed by the RA MFA Press and Information Department that the
co-chairs informed E. Nalbandian about the results of their meetings
with Azerbaijan’s president and foreign minister in Baku, stressing the
necessity to solve the Karabakh problem only in a peaceful way. They
assured the RA foreign minister that they will continue efforts on
bringing the sides’ positions closer – based on the Madrid proposals.