PanArmenian News
Feb 5 2005

TALKS IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT KARABAKH PARTICIPATION, NKR FM SAID

05.02.2005 15:15

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The format of talks over the settlement of the
Nagorno Karabakh conflict is broken, NKR Foreign Minister Arman
Melikian stated at a press conference today. In his opinion, the
negotiation process is based on Azerbaijan’s attempts to accuse
Armenia in aggression. “We see the negotiations in the plane of talks
between Azerbaijan and Karabakh,” the Minister said. “The
Armenia-Azerbaijan format can hardly be called counter-productive,
however the talks are impossible without Karabakh’s participation,”
Arman Melikian stated. Besides, as noted by the Minister, “Nagorno
Karabakh has never participated in any talks over return of
territories or withdrawal of troops.”