SETTLEMENT OF THE KARABAKH CONFLICT TILL THE END OF 2005 IS POSSIBLE ONLY IN CASE OF A GOOD WILL OF THE PARTIES IN THE CONFLICT

ARKA News Agency, Armenia
Sept 6 2005

YEREVAN, September 5. /ARKA/. Settlement of the Karabakh conflict
till the end of 2005 is possible only in case of a good will of the
parties in the conflict, as the Chair of the OSCE Dimitrij Rupel
stated at a press conference after the meeting with the NKR President
Arkadi Ghukasyan, which was over late yesterday in Yerevan. According
to him, when regulation of the conflict it’s necessary to be guided
by 2 principles: territorial integrity and the right of the nation
to self-determination. According to Rupel, there are some formats
for settlement of the conflict, namely through the OSCE Minsk Group,
dialog of presidents, Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the sides of the
conflict. “Personally I am ready to speak to everybody, including the
authorities of NKR, if it fostered the settlement of the conflict”,
he said. According to him, parliamentary elections will be held
in Azerbaijan, and elections are not always a component fostering
the settlement of the conflict. To remind, after Armenia Rupel will
visit Azerbaijan, where he will discuss the issues of settlement of
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and elections in Azerbaijan. According to
diplomatic sources in Baku, Rupel will meet AR President Ilham Aliyev,
Prime-Minister Arthur Rasi-zade, Speaker of the Parliament Murtuz
Aleskerov, Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mamediarov. A.H. –0–