ARAM SARKISYAN: ARMENIA AGREED TO RETURN FIVE REGIONS TO AZERBAIJAN

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
June 28 2006

"The OSCE Minsk Group co-chair from the US Matthew Bryza has
not announced all the details of the negotiating process for the
settlement of the Nagorno Garabagh conflict," the Armenian Democratic
Party leader, parliamentarian Aram Sarkisyan stated (APA).

He said the co-chairs presented the parties to the conflict with the
map of the five regions which Armenia is ready to return to Azerbaijan
and the map of territories where peacekeeper will be deployed.

"The recent statement by Armenian Foreign Ministry shows that Yerevan
agrees to this document but Azerbaijan is against this variant of
solution. Now Baku taking into account Armenia’s having no territorial
claim against Azerbaijan, demands returning of seven regions not five
and Nagorno Garabagh as well. However, as far as I know, Baku has
agreed to the returning of five regions and a half-Kalbajar region,"
the Armenian parliamentarian said.

Sarkisyan said Arkadi Gukasyan, president of the alleged "Nagorno
Garabagh Republic" will never consent to this way of solution.

"The situation will become so tense that we’ll have to face the 1998
February events. The Armenian authorities are committing treachery.

We urge Robert Kocharyan to make public the content of negotiations
had with Azerbaijan," Sarkisyan underlined.