Territories To Be Discussed After Concreteness Over Karabakh Status

TERRITORIES TO BE DISCUSSED AFTER CONCRETENESS OVER KARABAKH STATUS

PanARMENIAN.Net
26.10.2006 13:24 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian FM Vartan Oskanian does not rule out the
opportunity for the positions of the Armenian and Azeri parties over
the Nagorno Karabakh conflict to become closer. As the Minister stated
during the Government hour at the Parliament Wednesday, thereupon an
agreement is made to hold another meeting of Armenian and Azeri FMs in
Brussels November 14. In Oskanian’s words, after the Brussels meeting
the term of the visit of the OSCE MG co-chairs to the region will be
determined, followed by deciding the expediency of a meeting of the two
Presidents. The Armenian FM remarked that during the talks in Moscow
the OSCE MG mediators proposed several new ideas over specific matter
and the Armenian party presented its position over these in Paris.

Vartan Oskanian highlighted that the issue of conveying territories,
controlled by the NKR Defense Army, to Azerbaijan is part of the
package of proposals. "We will discuss the question of territories,
when there is final concreteness over the NK status," the Minister
said. He explained that by saying territories all those of NK
are meant – northern and eastern, including Martuni, Mardakert
and Shahumyan. "All territories are subject to discussion, however
these discussions are at different levels," Oskanian added, reports
Novosti-Armenia.