KARABAKH “SOONER OR LATER” TO BE INVOLVED IN PEACE TALKS – ARMENIAN MINISTER

Mediamax news agency
6 Sep 05

Yerevan, 6 September: “The Armenian side will never discuss an option
for settling the Karabakh conflict which does not secure the Nagornyy
Karabakh people’s right to self-determination,” Armenian Foreign
Minister Vardan Oskanyan said in Yerevan today.

Speaking at a briefing in Yerevan, Oskanyan expressed confidence that
the full-scale negotiation process will resume within the framework
of the OSCE Minsk Group sooner or later.

Oskanyan said that this would be possible only when the Armenian and
Azerbaijani foreign ministers reach a certain stage in the discussion
of details of the peaceful settlement.

“I think the talks will then resume within the framework of the Minsk
Group. This will mean automatically the participation of Nagornyy
Karabakh’s representatives in the talks,” Oskanyan said.