Armenian FM: There are mutually inadmissible points in the document
negotiated by the parties to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
arminfo
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.