Interfax, Russia
June 23 2010
Armenia accepted Madrid Principles on Nagorno-Karabakh 2 years ago –
Foreign Ministry
YEREVAN June 23
Armenia expressed its position on the updated Madrid Principles of
settling the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh at a recent meeting
between its president and the Azeri leader in St.
Petersburg, Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesman Tigran Balayan told
Interfax on Wednesday.
“Armenia adopted the Madrid Principles as a basis for negotiations
more than two years ago. All the other proposals were made routinely,”
Balayan said in commenting on Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar
Mammadyarov’s remark that Armenia had once again evaded giving a clear
answer as to whether it would follow the Madrid Principles at the
meeting in St.
Petersburg.
“It is very difficult to work in such conditions, because, on the one
hand, Armenia says it agrees with the Madrid Principles, and on the
other, it says that it cannot accept some of their provisions,”
Mammadyarov said.
From: A. Papazian