NKR President Meets The Minsk Group Co-Chairs

NKR PRESIDENT MEETS THE MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS

armradio.am
29.03.2010 10:35

On March 28 President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan met
Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group Robert Bradtke (USA), Yuri Merzlyakov
(Russian Federation) and Bernard Fassier (France), Central Information
Department of the Office of the NKR President reported.

Issues related to the current stage and prospects of the
Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict settlement were discussed during the
meeting.

The Head of State once again underlined that without the full
participation of the Artsakh Republic it would be impossible to reach
final and comprehensive settlement of the conflict.

President Sahakyan noted that unconstructive, militaristic approaches
of Azerbaijan and its denial of mutual confidence initiatives are
the pivotal hindrances on the way of the conflict settlement. The
President underlined that independence and security of Artsakh are
not subjects to any speculations and any attempt to bring back the
past are pregnant with unpredictable consequences.

The President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic reiterated Artsakh’s
adherence to peaceful settlement of the conflict within the frameworks
of the Minsk Group. The co-chairs also underlined that any scenario
of military solution of the conflict is absolutely unacceptable.

Touching upon the Armenian-Turkish relations, the President noted
that this process does not have any relations to the settlement of
the Karabakh conflict and attempts to tie up these processes cast
negative impact both processes leading them to an impasse.

Issues related to the situation along the line contact were also
discussed at the meeting.