KARABAKH PROBLEM SHOULD BE SETTLED WITHIN OSCE MG: ESTONIAN PRESIDENT

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 16. ARMINFO. Estonian President Arnold Ruutel
advocates peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict.

During his today’s meeting with Yerevan State University professors
and students Ruutel was asked to comment on the statements by Estonian
MPs that the Karabakh conflict should be settled in compliance with
Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity. He said: “I cannot say for sure
what one or another Estonian MP might have said but I am convinced
that the problem should be settled peacefully in the framework of the
OSCE Minsk Group.”

Ruutel said that Estonia has not yet formed its position on Turkey’s
admission into the EU. He said that the Copenhagen principles should
be applied here. Concerning the acknowledgment of the Armenian
Genocide as a precondition for Turkey’s admission into the EU Ruutel
said that Estonia is guided by the EU general policy. “We are
convinced that it would be better to discuss what happened with the
Armenian people.”

To remind, Monday Ruutel visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial, laid
flowers and planted a fur-tree on the Alley of the Memory o the
Genocide Victims.