Vladimir Karapetyan: "The main thing for us is to determine Nagorno Karabakh’s status"
Today, Azerbaijan
June 24 2006
24 June 2006 [11:25] – Today.Az
"We have many times stated that the main thing for us is to determine
the status of Nagorno Karabakh," Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesman
Vladimir Karapetyan stated while commenting on the US co-chair of
OSCE Minsk Group Matthew Bryza’s announcing details of the framework
agreement between the parties to the conflict.
Karapetyan said his country supports resolving the problem in package
form.
"The proposals for the resolution of the conflict acquire package
character, they cannot be discussed separately," Karapetyan said.
Matthew Bryza stated that the parties to the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict are negotiating on the items of the framework agreement
regarding Armenian armed forces’ withdrawal from Azerbaijani
territories. The co-chair said the framework agreement will enable to
normalize economic relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
He noted this agreement is about deploying peacekeepers in the
conflict zone, international economic support and several other
issues.
"The agreement also envisages holding of a referendum in Nagorno
Karabakh after all these issues are completely solved. I call on the
Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents to sign the framework treaty on
the settlement of the conflict. There is a need to demonstrate
political will for that," Mr.Bryza said.
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