ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER CONFIRMED ADHERENCE OF REGULATING NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT ON BASIS OF MUTUAL COMPROMISE

TREND, Azerbaijan
Nov 29 2006

The Secretary of the National Security Council, Defense Minister
of Armenia, Serj Sarkisyan once again confirmed the adherence of
regulating the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on the basis of mutual
compromise to achieve peace, the Minister briefed the media on 29
November, Trend reports.

Answering the question "is it possible that Armenia agrees to give up
Kalbajar district?" the Minister replied that he has never spoke about
any specific territories, Trend reports with reference to ArmInfo. "And
I do not wish to speak about this. I have always spoken about mutual
compromise and peace. But I did speak about giving up 15-20 meters
or 500 km. It does not exist for me. I repeat, I mentioned mutual
compromise and peace," Sarksyan underlined.

The Defense Minister stressed that he has no information regarding
an agreement on returning 7 territories. "I .do not have such
information. If I had, I would say," the Minister stated, adding that
he considers the possibility of such an agreement as unlikely.

In addition, Sarkisyan refused to comment on the recent Minsk meeting
of the Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents. "I cannot say anything. I
do not have any information," he said.