Armenian prime minister: Statements taking into account only
Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity create wrong ideas and expectations
2008-10-11 13:54:00
ArmInfo. The statements taking into account only the principle of
Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity and neglecting other accepted
principles create wrong ideas and expectations and are extremely
dangerous, Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said during his
meeting with US Vice President Dick Cheney.
Armenian Prime Minister’s Press Secretary Diana Mnatsakanyan quotes
Tigran Sargsyan as saying: "Armenia is willing to continue the peace
process on the basis of Madrid principles. Attempts to bring the
Karabakh conflict settlement out of the OSCE Minsk Group frames are
inadmissible". During the meeting Sargsyan and Cheney dwelled on the
bilateral relations, prospects and possibilities of their development,
as well as touched upon the issues of regional security. In particular,
the meeting covered the South Ossetian conflict’s negative effect on
Armenia’s economy; Armenia-Turkey relations, Turkish President Abdullah
Gul’s visit to Armenia, ways of the Karabakh conflict settlement,
implementation of the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s programs, as
well as the international financial crisis.
Speaking of the consequences of the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict,
Sargsyan noted that the material damage caused to Armenia by the
conflict makes up about 670 mln USD as uncollected taxes and delayed
investments.
Sargsyan and Cheney also discussed the results of the visit of
President of Turkey Abdullah Gul to Yerevan. Sargsyan said that the
visit might give a positive impulse to the improvement of
Armenian-Turkish relations. At the same time, he expressed concern over
the statements made by Gul and the Azeri Foreign Minister at the UN
after the visit. Constructive approaches both inside Armenia and on the
international arena are often regarded as weakening of positions in
negotiating process while, in fact, this is expression of political
will and readiness for concessions.