THREE-PAGE DOCUMENT ON PRINCIPLES OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT SETTLEMENT IS UNDER DISCUSSION: ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER

TREND News Agency, Azerbaijan
June 14 2007

The Foreign Minister of Armenia, Vardan Oskanyan, stated in an
interview with Kentron TV that a three-page document which includes
key principles of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
settlement is being discussed in negotiations on the conflict
settlement.

"Currently a three-page document which includes all possible
principles of the conflict settlement is under discussion. It is quite
a complicated document and results from the two-year negotiation
process at the level of the Foreign Ministers and Presidents of
Azerbaijan and Armenia," Oskanyan said.

The minister considers that the comparative analysis of the coordinated
and uncoordinated issue give grounds to suppose that this document
will be possible to implement.

"Based on the document, I have certain optimism that it is possible
to expect some progress from the discussions at the level of
Presidents. It is a logical and compromise document although it does
not fully satisfy the requirements of the sides, but gives something
to the sides according to which it is possible to present the document
to their people," Oskanyan said.

In addition, he stressed that irrespective of progress, there are yet
uncoordinated issues and the sides should resolve the most difficult
problems. Oskanyan spelt out that the document under discussion
envisages "pack approach", Novosti-Armenia reports.

"Temporary alternate is possible there, but the responses to all
questions should be provided beforehand," he stressed.

The Armenian Foreign Minister considers it impossible to speak
of other problems without response to the questions regarding the
self-appointment right of Nagorno-Karabakh inhabitants, existence
of a corridor ensuring uninterrupted land links between Karabakh and
Armenia, as well as a solution of all problems regarding the security
of Nagorno-Karabakh inhabitants.