ONE DAY NK WILL BECOME FULL PARTICIPANT IN NK PEACE TALKS: OSKANIAN

ARMINFO News Agency
October 6, 2005

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 6. ARMINFO. The positions of the Armenian and
Azeri sides on the Karabakh issue have become closer on a number of
principled matters, says Armenia’s FM Vardan Oskanyan.

He hopes that as soon as such elements multiply the positions will
be put to paper.

Oskanyan specifies that the sides are close on the issues of status,
security and territories. There is no ready resolution for the moment
and Oskanyan does not know if the current situation will lead to one.

Commenting on the possibility of transferring the peace process from
the OSCE to another format (for example CE insisted on by Azerbaijan)
Oskanyan says that the issue can be discussed everywhere. This is even
useful but only the OSCE MG can discuss it in full format. Of course to
demand another format is the sovereign right of any state but obviously
the Karabakh conflict must be resolved in the framework of the OSCE MG
– a fact admitted by the whole international community. Of course if
tomorrow comes a decision to change the format the sides will change
it but today there is no alternative to the OSCE MG, says Oskanyan.

He says that one day Karabakh will inevitably become a full participant
in the peace talks. Even Azerbaijan realizes this.

Referring to OSCE PA Special representative on Karabakh Goran Lenmarker
Oskanyan hopes that after the parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan
the solutions will be found.