ARMENIAN PREMIER SCEPTICAL ABOUT SPEEDY SETTLEMENT IN NAGORNYY KARABAKH.
Arminfo
16 May 07
Yerevan, 16 May: Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan has said that
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s latest statements give no grounds
to hope for a speedy settlement of the conflict in Nagornyy Karabakh.
Sargsyan said this in a conversation with journalists today.
Talks are under way and there is always hope for a settlement of the
[Nagornyy] Karabakh conflict, Sargsyan said.
"I have never spoken about opening any windows in the process of
settling the Karabakh problem. But, this said, I can reiterate that
the talks on the settlement of the Nagornyy Karabakh problem are
under way and that there is always hope for reaching agreement. But
the Azerbaijani president’s latest statements give no grounds for a
speedy settlement of the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict," Sargsyan said.
We recall that Aliyev recently said that "the Armenian side is
concealing the true contents of the talks, which is that Armenia should
return all of the seven districts [around Nagornyy Karabakh] to the
Azerbaijani side during the first stage of the settlement process".