OSKANIAN AND MAMEDIAROV DIDN’T MEET
By Nana Petrosian
AZG Armenian Daily #233
06/12/2006
Yesterday, RA Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian didn’t meet with Elmar
Mamediarov, Azeri Foreign Minister, within the framework of the
annual sitting of the OSCE Ministerial Council. At the same time,
Mamediarov stated about his meeting with his Armenian counterpart
in Brussels. RFE/RL informed that yesterday, it was envisaged that
Vartan Oskanian will meet with the OSCE Minks Group Co-Chairs, while
no separate meeting with Mamediarov was envisaged.
The settlement of "frozen conflicts," as well as the issues directed to
increase of the effectiveness of the OSCE activities were included in
the agenda of the annual sitting of the OSCE Ministerial Council. Karel
de Gucht, the OSCE Chairman in Office, Foreign Minister of Belgium,
stated in his opening speech:" I call for all of you to get advantage
of opportunity that the OSCE Ministerial Council created and contribute
to the settlement of the frozen conflicts."
Holding his speech in the sitting, RA Foreign Minister touched upon the
Nagorno Karabakh issue. "The recent meeting between the Armenian and
the Azeri Presidents let us hope that the agreement may be achieved
even around the principles that the sides still have contradictions
about. We know that the long lasting settlement may be secured only
through preserving the safety and the status of the Nagorno Karabakh
people.
By discussing the principles, the negotiating sides tried to secure the
right of Nagorno Karabakh people for self-determination, annihilating
the war aftermaths at the same time," he said.
Afterwards, Vartan Oskanian touched upon the determination of the
Nagorno Karabakh people for applying democratization principles. In
particular, he stated that in few days a constitutional referendum will
be held in Nagorno Karabakh. He added that that would be a bog mistake
for the international community to ignore the democratic aspiration.