T. TOROSIAN: ONLY OSCE MG TO BE ENGAGED IN NK SETTLEMENT

Noyan Tapan News Agency, Armenia
Oct 11 2005

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 11, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The autumn session
of PACE was held on October 3-7 in Strasbourg. It was the first time
since 2004 January that no issue immediately concerning Armenia was
on the agenda of the session. Tigran Torosian, head of the Armenian
delegation in the Assembly, RA NA Vice-Speaker, reported this at the
October 11 press conference.

According to speaker’s prognostication, such issues will emerge in
2006. In particular, the report of the commission on Nagorno Karabakh
issue created within the framework of the Assembly will be heard at
the January session.

Three meetings were held with participation of the Armenian party
on the days of the session. In particular, the Armenian delegation
in PACE met with Roland Wegener, head of the Ago Group. The subject
was the process of constitutional amendments in Armenia. According to
T.Torosian, Wegener expressed hope in connection with the successful
process of referendum on constitutional amendments and regret in
connection with the repulsive position of the opposition in this issue.

The third meeting was held on the initiative of Rene van der Linden,
PACE Chairman, with participation of heads of Armenian, Georgian and
Azerbaijani delegations. The high-ranking official asked about the
process of constitutional amendments in Armenia and also expressed
his assistance.

The third meeting was held within the framework of Assembly’s ad hoc
commission on Nagorno Karabakh issue with participation of Russel
Jonston, commission’s Chairman, and Armenian and Azeri delegates
included in the commission. The subject of the discussion was the
future fate of the commission. T.Torosian didn’t exclude that the
commission will be given additional authorities in the future for the
fulfilment of the clauses of the resolution on NKR conflict adopted
at the PACE 2005 January session. At the same time, he once more
reaffirmed that the processes of Nagorno Karabakh settlement will
develop within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group and PACE will
provide the necessary atmosphere within the framework of its mandate
in order to make the future solutions admissible.