ROBERT KOCHARIAN AND JACQUES CHIRAC UNANIMOUS IN OPINION ABOUT LEAVING KARABAKH CONFLICT SETTLEMENT WITHIN FRAMEWORK OF MG
Noyan Tapan News Agency, Armenia
Sept 30 2006
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 30, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The Armenian
President Robert Kocharian and the French President Jacques Chirac
take the view that the OSCE Minsk Group should continue to deal with
the issue of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement. The presidents
of the two countries stated this at the September 30 press conference
in Yerevan during J. Chirac’s three-day state visit to Armenia.
Assessing the work done for the conflict’s settlement, J. Chirac as
the president of a country – co-chair of the Minsk Group noted that
the resolution of the Karabakh conflict is "a very complex problem",
with the Minsk Group experts working efficiently for its solution.
"Their last proposals were serious and can be discussed by official
Yerevan," the French president underlined, not giving details of
these proposals. In this connection he considered it inexpedient to
transfer the settlement process to another stucture which would have
to start its work by familiarizing itself with the facts.
Robert Kocharian expressed his conviction that a solution to the
Karabakh problem should be found thanks to the work of teams of
skillful negotiators rather than through discussing the problem in
commissions. The last way, in his opinion, will result not in success
but in a growing file of negotiation documents with a simultaneous
accumulation of resolutions favorable to the sides to some or
other extent. "This is not a solution to the problem but rather its
continuation from one or another rostrum," R. Kocharian noted.
In his words, Jacques Chirac has an expert knowledge about the issue
of the Karabakh conflict settlement.
To recap, GUAM organization member states (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan
and Moldova) are taking actions aimed at putting the issue of the
"long-lasting conflicts" in the territory of the CIS on the UN agenda.