THE POLICY OF RESTRAINT AND TOLERANCE WAS ADOPTED

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[07:41 pm] 08 June, 2006

“There are conflicts in the region but the bases of the work of
the Parliamentary Assembly of the BSEC must be the existing general
values,” announced NA Speaker Tigran Torosyan summing up the work of
the 27th BSEC plenary session.

Tigran Torosyan will deliver a press release today together with the
heads of the Assembly delegations.

Torosyan voiced hope that both the work in the scope of the
Parliamentary Assembly and the heads of the delegations will contribute
to the solution of the matters and conflicts existing in the region.

Asked the question what is the attitude of the heads of the delegations
to Turkey’s attempt to omit Armenia from the regional economic projects
the head of the Azei delegation answered that economic cooperation
will be established between the two countries as soon as the Karabakh
conflict is settled.

Head of the Russian delegation Alexander Zasokhov also underlines that
first of all we must concentrate on conflicts and settle the current
matters which unite the countries of the region. “I want to focus on
the fact that the policy of restraint and tolerance was adopted.”

Gagik Minasyan, head of the Armenian delegation noted that Armenia
is really left out from a number of regional issues and he expressed
his regrets on this score. The steps taken in this sphere will later
have their direct influence. I am convinced that one of the most
important factors to settle the already existing conflicts is the
mutually profitable economic cooperation.

The economic policy realized by our neighbors doesn’t contribute to
the solution of the existing issues, on the contrary, it leads them
to a deadlock.”

While speaking about the construction of the
Kars-Akhalqalaq-Tbilisi-Baku railway Gagik Minasyan reminded that the
official position of the BSEC Parliamentary Assembly was announced in
the previous session which is as follows, while implementing regional
projects not only the regional interests but also the interests of
each country of the region must be taken into account.