"CREATING ATMOSPHERE OF CONFIDENCE BETWEEN SOCIETIES OF ARMENIA AND
AZERBAIJAN TO BE GOOD CONTRIBUTION TO ISSUE OF KARABAKH CONFLICT
SETTLEMENT," RA PRESIDENT BELIEVES

YEREVAN, JUNE 29, NOYAN TAPAN. Robert Kocharian, the RA President,
received a number of Armenian and Azeri culture and science figures on
June 28, who initiated a one-day joint visit via the
Stepanakert-Yerevan-Baku route after receiving the assistance of the
Presidents of the two countries through the Ambassadors of Armenia and
Azerbaijan to the Russian Federation.

R. Kocharian welcomed their initiative and mentioned that the
establishment of communication and the formation of an atmosphere of
confidence between Armenian and Azeri societies will be a good
contribution to the issue of the Karabakh conflict settlement.
According to him, terms of cooperation should be found, and Armenia, to
all appearances, is ready to support this process.

The guests touched upon the necessity to provide communication between
Armenian and Azeri societies and the ways of its implementation during
the conversation with the RA President. Azeri intellectuals believe
that it is necessary to re-establish the former friendly and associate
interrelations between Armenian and Azeri representatives of the old
generation, as well as to envolve the young generation in these
relations.

According to the information provided to Noyan Tapan by the RA
President’s Press Office, after paying a visit to Robert Kocharian, the
group left for Baku to meet with Ilham Aliyev, the President of
Azerbaijan.

It should also be mentioned that they met with Arkadi Ghukasian, the
President of the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh, before arriving in
Yerevan.