BAKO SAHAKYAN RECEIVED CO-CHAIRS OF THE OSCE MINSK GROUP ROBERT BRADTKE (USA), IGOR POPOV (RUSSIA), JACQUES FAURE (FRANCE) AND ACCOMPANYING THEM OFFICIALS WHO ARRIVED IN STEPANAKERT THE DAY BEFORE
News from Armenia and Diaspora – Noyan Tapan
22-11-2012 12:58:17 | | Politics
On 22 November President of Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan received
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk group Robert Bradtke (USA), Igor Popov
(Russia), Jacques Faure (France) and accompanying them officials who
arrived in Stepanakert the day before.
Issues related to the Azerbaijani-Karabagh conflict settlement and
the latest regional developments were discussed during the meeting.
Bako Sahakyan qualified making hero of the criminal who perfidiously
decapitated the Armenian officer, politicization of humanitarian
issues, militaristic and terrorist rhetoric carried out by Azerbaijan
as unacceptable, adding that it was one of the most serious blows to
the negotiation process.
Within this context the Head of State called upon to undertake
appropriate measures to bring Azerbaijan to constructive path.
President Sahakyan once again underlined that official Stepanakert
favors peaceful settlement of the conflict, restoration of the
negotiation process’s full format under the auspices of the OSCE
Minsk Group.
Bako Sahakyan reiterated that the conflict settlement would be possible
only when the reality is taken into consideration, when efforts are
concentrated on the causes rather than consequences, noting that any
attempt to return to the past is doomed to failure.
Artsakh Republic foreign minister Karen Mirzoyan, personal
representative of the OSCE chairman-in-office, ambassador Andrzej
Kasprzyk, other officials were present at the meeting.
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