OSKANIAN MAMEDYAROV MEETING

Azat Artsakh – Nagorno Karabakh Republic [NKR]
28 June  05

The meeting of the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan V.
Oskanian and E. Mamedyarov took place; however, according to the
representative of the Armenian party, they did not come to a conclusion
over the issue under consideration. Nevertheless, they found a common
approach to certain issues. The minister of foreign affairs of Armenia
Vardan Oskanian summed up the results of his official visits lasting
from June 8 to 17. The meetings related to the Nagorno Karabakh
issue in the framework of the official visits of the minister were
in the centre of attention. According to the minister, two important
meetings on this issue took place. On June 8 Minister Vardan Oskanian
met with the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs in Vienna. They discussed a
series of issues related to the resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict, which emanate from the approaches of the Warsaw meeting
of the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as certain
details on the upcoming meeting in Paris were clarified. However,
the second meeting of Oskanian and Mamedyarov in Paris was of more
public importance. In this reference V. Oskanian only said that during
the talks they dwelled upon the findings of the Warsaw meeting of the
presidents. Evaluating the talks as effective, the minister mentioned
that this time no definite arrangements were achieved either, but
they agreed to continue the negotiations. .There are the directives
of the presidents, the principles are clear-cut, but when one goes
into details, each wants to make these more acceptable and favourable
for themselves. Therefore we continue to argue; we did not come to a
final conclusion in Paris but we were able to find a common approach
to certain issues. If they make a small concession and we make a small
concession, it will be possible to come to a conclusion,. said the
minister. However, according to the diplomats, this will happen only
in the future negotiations. Avoiding comments on the details of the
meeting, the minister mentioned once again that they had managed to
come to a common approach to if not all at least some issues but he
did not want to say which issues exactly. He only said that all the
elements of the portfolio, such as the status of NK and the refugees,
security issues, are discussed in the talks. However, for Armenia
the priority is the political status of Nagorno Karabakh. .Unless
we get a clear answer to this question, I consider it pointless to
speak about or discuss any other issue,. said the minister of foreign
affairs of Armenia.

AA.
28-06-2005

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