DeFacto Agency, Armenia
March 10 2007

RA FM: BAKU’S STATEMENTS DO NOT ALWAYS CORRESPOND TO SPIRIT AND
ESSENCE OF THE DOCUMENT ON THE NEGOTIATING TABLE

RA and AR FMs’ Geneva meeting to be held March 14 may become
positive, RA FM Vardan Oskanian stated at a press conference held
March 9, IA REGNUM reports. According to the Minister, the meeting
may be positive, unless the Azeri party makes complications.
In his words, OSCE Minsk group Co-Chairs are seriously preparing the
two FMs’ meeting and hope after the Parliamentary elections are held
in Armenia a meeting of the two countries’ Presidents will be
organized. `’The Co-Chairs wish positive shifts to be fixed in the
negotiation process at the Foreign Ministers’ level before the
meeting of Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan”, Vardan Oskanian
noted, adding OSCE MG French Co-Chair Bernard Fassier, who had left
Yerevan for Baku, would again visit Yerevan March 12.
Touching upon the Azeri party’s last statements concerning the
current stage of Nagorno-Karabagh conflict settlement, Vardan
Oskanian remarked the Azeri party’s statements did not always
correspond to the spirit and essence of a document on the negotiating
table. According to RA FM, the Nagorno-Karabagh leadership is always
informed of the talks’ course. `’They can have their viewpoint, they
may not agree with something, however, we inform (the
Nagorno-Karabagh authorities – ed.) of the talks after every meeting
with the Azeri party”, Vardan Oskanian stated.
RA FM also stated it was premature to speak of the Azeri refugees’
return to the places of their residence in the Nagorno-Karabagh.
`’Until all the details of the possible conduct of a referendum in
Nagorno-Karabagh are verified, in part, the terms and who can
participate in it, it is premature to speak of the refugees’
return”, Vardan Oskanian summed up.