GHOUKASSIAN HOPES FOR KARABAKH PARTICIPATION IN TALKS BE POSSIBLE SOON

PanARMENIAN.Net
30.10.2006 18:10 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Nagorno Karabakh has to be optimistic regarding
settlement of the conflict, NKR President, Supreme Commander-in-Chief
of the NKR Armed Forces Arkady Ghoukassian told journalists Monday upon
completion of planned troop exercises in NK. "We have to be optimistic,
as if we lose faith in the talks, war will be the alternative, which
is undesirable both to us and Azerbaijan. Naturally, we are interested
in continuation of the talks," he said.

"As for the outcomes, today it makes no sense speaking of these, as
the arrangement may be adopted when all items are agreed upon. This
is not the case yet. The more frequently Armenian and Azeri FMs meet,
the better as each meeting is a new chance to agree over items, over
which there is no consensus still," the NKR President said. "We noted
many times that the Nagorno Karabakh conflict cannot be solved without
NKR participation," he said. Ghoukassian underscored that the stance
of the Karabakh party "has not changed and will not change." "We will
not give up our independence," he said, reports Novosti-Armenia.