ARMENIAN MINISTER URGES AZERIS TO TAKE "CONSTRUCTIVE APPROACH" IN KARABAKH TALKS
Public Television of Armenia, Yerevan
28 Aug 06
Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan has met US co-chair of
the OSCE Minsk Group Matthew Bryza within the framework of Caspian
Outlook 2008 Strategic Forum in Slovenia’s Bled city.
Oskanyan today’s speech at the conference was devoted to Armenia-EU
relations within the European Neighbourhood Policy. Vardan Oskanyan
noted that the European Neighbourhood Policy conforms to Armenia’s
reforms programme.
He said that Azerbaijan’s policy to resolve the conflict in a military
way or to extend it is an obstacle for the Karabakh settlement process.
He said that today the [Karabakh] negotiations are at a critical
stage and the international community should do its best to persuade
Azerbaijan to take a realistic and constructive approach and start
a serious discussion of the principles which are on the negotiating
table.