NKR FM AGAINST NEGOTIATIONS FOR RESOLUTION OF KARABAKH CONFLICT WITH
ANY PRECONDITIONS

STEPANAKERT, DECEMBER 27. ARMINFO. I am against negotiations for
resolution of Karabakh conflict with any preconditions. Negotiations
proceed from the necessity of life and if Baku really needs these
negotiations, it will apply with a relevant proposal, the newly
appointed minister of foreign affairs of NKR, Arman Melikyan, said in
response to the question concerning the readiness of Baku to start
talks with Karabakh if Armenia leaves the negotiation process.

According to ARMINFO’s special correspondent to Stepanakert, the
minister noted that the basic aspect of the ministry’s activity in the
foreign political sphere is achivement of international recognition of
NKR. It will become a corner stone of our work and all our contacts
both bilateral and under international organizations will depend on
it, Melikyan said. The minister called the protection of NKR citizens’
rights abroad one of the most important directions of the activity of
the foreign ministry. The minister pointed out that he will control
over the given process himself. He refuted the information spread by
Azerbaijani Mass Media “on the move of NKR Foreign Ministry to
Yerevan.” “The point is not the move of NKR FM to Yerevan, The point
is that our efforts on solution to major political tasks require
presence of the minister in Yerevan. It is accounted for by the fact
that we must activate the contacts with international organizations
and the diplomatic missions in Armenia, as well as with the Foreign
Ministry of Armenia. It is just a functional issue and in the
succession of time the given issue will fall away when there will be
an opportunity to organize the main volume of contacts in the
territory of NKR,” Armen Melikyan said.