TREND Information, Azerbaijan
May 20 2006

Armenian Foreign Minister: Positive Elements in Karabakh Settlement
Negotiations For Recent Years

Source: Trend
Author: A. Mammadov

20.05.2006

Positive elements have been observed in the Karabakh settlement
negotiations for recent years. The Department of Press and
Information of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of
Armenia APKA Agency the statement was made by the Armenian Foreign
Minister Vardan Oskanian during the meeting of the Council of Europe
Council of Foreign Ministers in Strasburg.

The Armenian FM pointed out that the achieved positive elements could
be a effective `if only both sides realize and clearly state that
there is no way for armed resolution of the conflict’. He also
reminded that since joining of Armenia and Azerbaijan to the Council
of Europe, the two countries have taken commitments to solve the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict peacefully.

According to Oskanian, Europe initiates a new context to the
negotiations, regional cooperation and post-war reconciliation.
`Europe is a place of peace and cooperation and both countries belong
to it,’ pointed out the minister.