AZERBAIJAN’S POLITICAL LEADERS RESPONSIBLE FOR FAILED
KOCHARYAN-ALIYEV MEETING, CDU LEADER STATES
ARKA News Agency, Armenia
March 17 2006
YEREVAN, March 17. /ARKA/. The Azerbaijani political leaders are fully
responsible for the unsuccessful meeting between Robert Kocharyan
and Ilkham Aliyev, Chairman of the Christian-Democratic Union (CDU)
Khosrov Harutyunyan told reporters.
According to him, in his public speeches both before and after the
Rambouillet meeting the Azerbaijani leader repeatedly stated that
Azerbaijan is not going to make concessions and does not an alternative
to a military settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
“Thus, the full responsibility for the failure in the negotiations
rests with Azerbaijan,” Harutyunyan said.
He stated that, in contrast to Azerbaijan, official Yerevan,
represented by RA Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan, stated its
readiness to continue the negotiations and seek possible ways of
resolving the problem.
On February 10-11, 2006, Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents, Robert
Kocharyan and Ilkham Aliyev held negotiations over the Nagorno-Karabakh
problem in Rambouillet, France. OSCE Minsk Group representatives and
French President Jacque Chirac participated in the negotiations as
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