VARTAN OSKANIAN CONSIDERS THAT FRAME AGREEMENT PROPOSED BY MG CO-CHAIRS IS ACCEPTABLE FOR ARMENIA
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Jul 3 2006
YEREVAN, JULY 3, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. "The frame agreement
on the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict (proposed by OSCE
Minsk Group Co-chairs: NT) is acceptable for Armenia and we are ready
to continue the negotiations being guided by the principles, which,
in our opinion, are rather balanced," RA Foreign Minister Vartan
Oskanian declared at the July 3 press conference.
As he evaluated, "apparently, a right choice for mutual concessions"
was made in the proposed document. "So, we hope Azerbaijan will revalue
the situation and a possibility for continuing the negotiations and
achieving positive results will be created," the Minister declared.
Vartan Oskanian refuted the conversations that OSCE Minsk Group
American Co-chair Matthew Bryza drew a parallel between Armenia
and Azerbaijan in the issue of holding democratic reforms, at that,
the comparison proved to be not in favor of Armenia. "Matthew Bryza
in his interview declared that some improvement was registered in
Azerbaijan and he would like some improvement to be registered in
Armenia, too. But he did not drew a parallel. Today the difference
in democracy in Armenia and Azerbaijan is so much obviously in favor
of Armenia hat Bryza cannot have said this," the Minister assured.
As for cases of violence towards Armenians in Russia and the position
of the Armenian government in this issue, Vartan Oskanian said that
the Armenian side continues discussing this problem with Russia. The
Minister emphasized that the Russian side is also very much anxious
about this. At the same time, according to him, this phenomenon is
going on. "Serious steps are necessary, as unless this phenomenon
stops, it will already become dangerous for the Russian public,"
Vartan Oskanian declared.