NEGOTIATIONS ARE LIKELY TO RECOMMENCE IN EARLY FEBRUARY 2007
By Aghavni Harutyunian

AZG Armenian Daily
21/12/2006

Vartan Oskanian States that He Has Neither Got Tired nor Intends to
Leave Politics

The negotiations in 2007 will be probably less public and more
seldom, but nevertheless they will continue, stated Foreign Minister
of Armenia Vartan Oskanian, explaining that the elections will draw
the most of both the public and the politicians’ attention. He said
that the achievements of 2006, marked as "a window of opportunities",
will be always available to make use of. Because of the New Year
celebrations in January, the talks will be most probably recommenced
in early February 2007. Once again commenting on the Minsk meeting
of Robert Kocharian and Ilham Aliyev, the Foreign Minister of Armenia
said that the considered problems were rather complicated and it would
be foolish to expect that the sides would come to a consensus at once.

Mr. Oskanian also made comments on the inner political situation
in Armenia, condemning the opposition for speculations about the
Karabakh conflict.