Azat Artsakh, Republic of Nagorno Karabakh
Nov 11 2006

PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA IS PESSIMISTIC ABOUT SETTLEMENT

`I am not optimistic about the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
issue,’ said the president of Armenia Robert Kocharian during the
meeting with the Armenian community of Kazakhstan in Astana, reports
Armenpress. `I considered the year 2006 as a year of opportunities
because there were no elections in Armenia and Azerbaijan, and we
made efforts to negotiate with the Azerbaijani president. It was a
failure.’ The president of Armenia said the foreign ministers of
Armenia and Azerbaijan are meeting in November, and if the results
are reassuring, Robert Kocharian will meet with the president of
Azerbaijan in late November in Minsk. Robert Kocharian said the
recent meetings are not reassuring. `The impression is that no
progress was achieved this year,’ said the president of Armenia.