U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT: REFERENDUM IN KARABAKH NOT TO IMPEDE TALKS

PanARMENIAN.Net
13.12.2006 16:11 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "We do not recognize Nagorno Karabakh as an
independent state. We regret that a pro-independence constitutional
referendum was held in Nagorno Karabakh," said State Department
Spokesman Edgar Vasquez. "Being co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group
the U.S. works at the Karabakh conflict peaceful settlement. Nagorno
Karabakh’s future status is being discussed in the framework of the
peaceful talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan," he said. In his opinion
the referendum forestalls the process, that is why the U.S. doesn’t
recognize its outcomes. At that he is convinced that the referendum
outcomes, reports the Voice of America.