SPEAKER OF ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT HIGHLY EVALUATES WORK OF OSCE MINSK GROUP FOR KARABAKH CONFLICT RESOLUTION

Arka News Agency, Armenia
Feb 7 2007

YEREVAN. February 7. /ARKA/. Speaker of the Armenian parliament Tigran
Sargsyan highly evaluated the work of the OSCE Minsk Group for the
Karabakh conflict resolution, the press service of the Armenian
parliament reported.

"A good formula has been found that can underlie the problem
settlement. This is comparison of two of ten principles of the final
Helsinki act of OSCE: territorial integrity and self-determination
of nations," Torosyan reported at the meeting with President of the
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Goran Lennmarker in Yerevan on Monday.

Torosyan pointed out that Armenia is ready for cooperation. However, it
expect adherence to European values by other countries. "We believe
that the Nagorno-Karabakh problem is very painful and European
principles should not be sacrificed to some ends," he said.