RA PRESIDENT’S SPOKESMAN DOES NOT EXCLUDE THAT KOCHARIAN-ALIYEV MEETING TO TAKE PLACE TILL LATE THIS YEAR

Noyan Tapan
Aug 31 2006

YEREVAN, AUGUST 31, NOYAN TAPAN. It is not excluded that the regular
stage of negotiations on the Karabakh conflict settlement will take
place till 2006.

Victor Soghomonian, the RA President’s Press Secretary stated about
it at the August 30 press conference. In his words, an agreement
on the two countries’ foreign ministers’ meeting was reached on the
previous day. Victor Soghomonian reminded that according to the already
created process, Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers’ meeting is
followed by a meeting of the two countries’ Presidents. Responding the
Noyan Tapan correspondent’s question, how the year of 2006, considered
favourable for the conflict settlement in conditions of absence of
great inner-political events in Armenia and Azerbaijan, is used, the
President’s Spokesman mentioned that "the window of possibilities
about which the Minsk Group Co-Chairmen and politicians of world
importance spoke so much," may be considered used if a final result
of the conflict settlement is fixed till late 2006. At the same time,
according to Victor Soghomonian’s estimation, "judging of different
non-realistic statements of official Baku, the moment for reaching
result is not so near." He reminded that the RA President spoke about
the year of 2006, which is considered "a window of possibilities," with
"very careful optimism." According to the RA President’s Spokesman’s
estimation, disclosures of negotiation documents of the Karabakh
conflict settlement were made by Minsk Group American Co-Chairmen
Matthew Bryza "fragmentary and selectedly what creates an imagination
that one of negotiating sides goes in the way of policy of obvious
defeatism." "We stated that we are ready to make public all documents
which were ever put on the negotiation table. I am sure that after
making public, many people will understand many things: what kind of
policy who led, when and which negotiator about what spoke, who was
ready to give and take what," the President’s Spokesman mentioned,
adding that the documents, as much secret they are, are made public
even in 100 years, and the history puts everything in its place. He
again emphasized that "if there are similar fragmentary and selectedly
disclousures, we are ready to make public all the documents."