COUNCIL OF EUROPE RESOLUTION NOT TO AFFECT KARABAKH SETTLEMENT – ARMENIAN MP

Arminfo
26 Jan 05

YEREVAN

The resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
(PACE) on Nagornyy Karabakh will not reflect on the process of
settling the Karabakh conflict within the framework of the OSCE Minsk
Group, Galust Saakyan, head of the faction of the Republican Party of
Armenia, said in an interview with our Arminfo correspondent while
commenting on the PACE Nagornyy Karabakh resolution adopted yesterday.

Of course, the PACE resolution on Nagornyy Karabakh does not reflect
the position and desires of the Armenian side on the issue of settling
the Karabakh conflict, but it should be noted that the final version
of the document is somewhat softer than its initial one, Saakyan
said. The positive thing is that the document contains a call to the
Azerbaijani authorities to start negotiations with the communities of
Nagornyy Karabakh to determine its status, the MP believes. This is a
result of the Armenian delegation’s successful work in PACE, Galust
Saakyan said.