Artsakh Positive About Trilateral Presidential Meeting In Sochi

ARTSAKH POSITIVE ABOUT TRILATERAL PRESIDENTIAL MEETING IN SOCHI

PanARMENIAN.Net
March 15, 2011 – 15:28 AMT 11:28 GMT

Nagorno Karabakh is positive about the trilateral presidential meeting
in Sochi but opposes to the current formats of talks, as non-fit for
the reality, an NKR official said.

Chairman of the NKR National Assembly standing committee on foreign
relations Vahram Atanesyan told reporters in Yerevan that talks do
not base on the ceasefire agreements signed by the sides in 1994.

Meabwhile, according to him, the meeting allowed to create conditions
for continuation of talks, what is in line with positions of Yerevan
and Stepanakert.

Armenian, Russian and Azerbaijani Presidents – Serzh Sargsyan, Dmitry
Medvedev and Ilham Aliyev – adopted a joint statement on the Nagorno
Karabakh conflict settlement based on the results of their negotiations
in Sochi. The document reads that the Presidents considered matters
of practical implementation of the trilateral statement adopted during
the October 27, 2010, meeting in Astrakhan.

Specifically, the Presidents agreed to finalize the swap of POWs as
soon as possible. The document stresses the parties’ willingness “to
solve all disputable matters peacefully and conduct investigation of
possible incidents along the ceasefire line under the auspices of the
OSCE Minsk Group through the assistance of Personal Representative of
the OSCE Chairman-in-Office.” “The Presidents stressed the importance
of their regular contacts on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement
and agreed to continue them in such format in addition to the activity
of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmen,” the statement reads.

From: A. Papazian