RF PRESIDENT TAKES OPTIMISTIC STANCE ON NKR CONFLICT SETTLEMENT
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
10.07.2009 21:46 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "I have positive expectations of NKR conflict
settlement, because the process has already reached an advanced stage,"
RF President Dmitry Medvedev told a news conference, summing up the
results of G8 summit.
To that end, Armenian and Azeri leaders are conducting a dialogue to
smooth exiting discrepancies over minor issues, Medevedev said. "In
my view, such positions are within permissible limits. It’s not
something to be resolved in the course of decades. That’s why, I
find that it will be possible to attain certain results," Russian
President stressed, adding that his country would invest its best
efforts in the process, in cooperation with OSCE MG Co-Chairs. "But
we’ll also independent actions because Armenian and Azeri Presidents
will arrive here in the nearest future to participate in one of
presidential events," Interfax quotes Russian president as saying.
During the G8 Summit, Co-chairing states’ presidents Barrack Obama,
Nicolas Sarkozy and Dmitry Medvedev adopted a joint statement, in which
they particularly stress, "Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders should
reach agreement over basic principles adopted in Madrid in 2007."
Principles suggest that NKR people exercise their right to
self-determination through a referendum and NKR’s de-facto independence
be enshrined in a legal document.
On June 17, Armenian and Azeri Presidents Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham
Aiyev are to meet in Moscow to participate in the traditional
President’s Cup horse race.