PanArmenian News Network
July 25 2005

RA DEFENSE MINISTER: KARABAKH PROBLEM CAN BE SETTLED ON COMPROMISE

25.07.2005 03:25

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ If it is possible to solve the Karabakh problem we
will have to make concessions’, Armenian Defense Minister Serge
Sargsian stated when addressing the 3-rd Pan-Armenian Youth Forum. `I
formed my opinion long ago and I am convinced that the Karabakh
problem can be settled on the basis of compromise only’, he stated
adding that no single conflict in the world can be settled without
compromise. To note, during the parliamentary hearings Serge Sargsian
noted that the Armenian party has already made certain concessions
and that he is against the return of the territories. However he
noted that if Azerbaijan accepts the terms providing for independence
of Karabakh from Azerbaijan and gives the guarantees Armenia can
revert to the issue of the security belt.