ARMENIAN FM: THERE ARE MUTUALLY INADMISSIBLE POINTS IN THE DOCUMENT NEGOTIATED BY THE PARTIES TO THE NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT
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2007-06-29 16:40:00
There are mutually inadmissible points in the document that is being
presently negotiated by the parties to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,
Armenian FM Vardan Oskanyan said during a press-conference today.
He said that the OSCE MG co-chairs are working in this direction but
no progress will be possible without political will of the conflicting
parties.
Presently, the Azeri side seems to avoid taking a step towards meltdown
and progress. Today people in both countries should be informed of
the general content of the talks. Presently the statements of the
Armenian side are closer to the spirit of the document than those
made by the Azeri side.
Statements must help rather than hinder.
Concerning the possibility of a stalemate in the negotiating process,
Oskanyan said that there is such a possibility but there is also an
opportunity to attain progress. Each presidential meeting is preceded
by hopes for progress and when no progress is attained people get
disappointed and begin talking about stalemate. But Oskanyan is
sure that the co-chairs will shortly announce new FM meetings and
regional visits.
Oskanyan refused to dwell on the problem of the security belt
territories.
He just said that the negotiated document contains all elements of
settlement: status, security, territories, refugees, connection between
Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh and all of them must be considered.
Oskanyan said that certain progress has been made since 1997. In 1997
the sides negotiated phased settlement and the status problem was put
off for indefinite time. Today, the basis of the negotiating process
is the problem of Nagorno-Karabakh’s self-determination through a
referendum. This scenario is much more acceptable.
Asked to comment on CE Secretary General Terry Davis’ last statements
about Nagorno- Karabakh and "occupied territories," Oskanyan said that
Davis tried to present the situation as seen by the international
community but did it in a very contradictory way. His wordings are
inadmissible for the Armenian side and we have repeatedly said that,
Oskanyan said.