V.OSKANYAN: SETTLEMENT OF TERRITORIES ADJOINING KARABAKH WITHIN
AUTHORITY OF KARABAKH

YEREVAN, MARCH 29. ARMINFO. Armenia has never been involved in any
process on settlement of the territories nearing Karabakh, this issue
has always been within the frameworks of Karabakh’s authority,
Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan says today in the course of
parliamentary hearings on settlement of Karabakh conflict.

Moreover, the minister says that Karabakh side has never hidden that
it wages and will wage a special policy in future with respect to
Lachin corridor as it is a key of security of the whole Karabakh.
Oskanyan says that issue of Shahumyan region, northern and eastern
parts of Mardakert region of Karabakh occupied by Azerbaijan are on
the agenda at present. This issue has become very urgent after the
monitoring of the territories under our control initiated by
Azerbaijan, the greatest part of the population in these territories
are refugees from Karabakh regions occupied by Azerbaijan, the
minister says.