CHIRAC INDICATES NEED FOR URGENT SETTLEMENT OF KARABAKH ISSUE

PanARMENIAN.Net
30.05.2006 18:31 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ French President Jacques Chirac indicated the need
for urgent settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh issue at a meeting with
his Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev May 30. The French leader remarked,
“there is no alternative to peace talks and reminded of importance
of peace for Azerbaijan, Armenia and the region as a whole.”

According to a Elysee Palace representative, the French President
“confirmed the principles of joint statement of representatives of
the OSCE MG three co-chair states, made in Yerevan on May 25,” which
points out, “time has come for the parties to reach accord over basic
principles of settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.”