ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS NOT LINKED TO KARABAKH PROCESS
PanARMENIAN.Net
09.10.2009 14:11 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The October 8 meeting between Armenian President
Serzh Sargsyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev proved
that Armenian-Turkish reconciliation is not linked to the Nagorno
Karabakh conflict settlement process, Orinats Yerkir party member
Hovhannes Margaryan said.
"Upon completion of the meeting, the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs stated
that the Karabakh conflict should be resolved in compliance with the
right of nations to self-determination and non-use of force and with
respect to the principle of territorial integrity," he said.
The ending of the statement diminishes the importance of the principle
of territorial integrity, according to Margaryan.
Meanwhile, the statement the Co-Chairs issued on October 9 says,
"The President of Armenia Serzh Sargsian and the President of
Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev met in Chisinau, Moldova on 8 October at
the residence of the U.S. Ambassador. The meeting was organized
by the Minsk Group Co-Chairs (Ambassador Yuri Merzlyakov of the
Russian Federation, Ambassador Bernard Fassier of France, Ambassador
Robert Bradtke of the United States) in the presence of the personal
representative of the Chairman-in-Office Ambassador Andzrej Kasprzyk.
This was the fifth meeting between the two presidents in the last ten
months and confirmed the positive dynamic of their negotiations. The
meeting further promoted elaboration of the Basic Principles for
the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. The talks
were constructive and serious, including an in-depth, line-by-line
discussion of a number of points of the Co-Chairs’ proposals.
The presidents asked the Co-Chairs to incorporate the results of
the discussion into their proposals in advance of the next meeting
between the two."