RUSSIA’S FM: MEDIATORS ARE IN LOCKSTEP NOT ONLY ABOUT KARABAGH SETTLEMENT’S PRINCIPLES, BUT ALSO CONCRETE DETAILS

DeFacto Agency, Armenia
April 3 2007

"The Nagorno-Karabagh conflict claims the status of a unique one more
than any other, not because some different principles are applied to
the Nagorno-Karabagh and not the international law’s fundamentals,
but due to the fact that from the practical viewpoint it must be the
only conflict, where the interests of Russia, the U.S. and European
Union absolutely do not contradict one another and the conflicting
parties’ interests", Russian Federation’s FM Sergey Lavrov stated
at a joint press conference with Vardan Oskanian upon the bilateral
talks’ completion.

According to Sergey Lavrov, RA and AR leadership has a final say in
the matter. "We highly estimate the efforts of both Baku and Yerevan
on advancing the negotiation process, first of all at the Presidents’
level as well as at the level of Foreign Ministers. The Co-Chairs are
careful about their functions. We realize we should not decide for
the parties, we should only help. I hope the Co-Chairs’ unique unity
not only about principles, but also details will help our friends in
Yerevan and Baku to reach mutually acceptable agreements, while Russia
is ready to be the arrangements’ guarantor", Russia’s FM underscored.