ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SUMMING UP

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22-12-2004

Armenian foreign minister Vardan Oskanyan said Wednesday summing up
the 2004 in National Press Club he found the year not so bad with
its sudden surges and falls, its achievements and failures.

He presented a broad summing up saying more detailed report would be
made in the beginning of January.

Oskanyan said positive in Karabakh problem solution has outdone
negative.

He is convinced some progress is seen in Karabakh conflict settlement
process. In his opinion, today we are at more advantageous position
than were in 1997.

The minister says Armenian leadership, demanding Karabakh to
participate in talks as a negotiating side, today found itself in
dilemma: not to enter negotiations, if Karabakh isnâ~@~Yt included
in the process as side, or continue the talks.

In his words, the authorities are leaning toward the second way.

Oskanyan stressed extraordinary importance of political stability in
Armenia saying it is impacting the negotiation process.

It is remarkable that the minister thinks the opposition is hobbling
democracy in the republic by boycotting parliamentary sessions.

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