KARABAKH’S SELF-DETERMINATION FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE IN TALKS
PanARMENIAN.Net
04.12.2007 18:00 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The problem of Nagorno Karabakh’s self-determination
is fundamental in the talks, RA Foreign Ministry’s Spokesman Vladimir
Karapetian said.
He said information published in Kommersant daily with a reference
to a source close to the talks does not correspond to the truth. The
package the OSCE MG Co-chairs handed the Armenian and Azerbaijani
Foreign Ministers in Madrid is "as a matter of fact the same document
that has been on the table during past 10 years."
The presentation of proposals in the framework of the session of
the OSCE Foreign Ministers was meant to lend increasing importance
to the talks, according to him. He said Armenia will respond to the
mediators’ proposal during their next regional visit which is not
likely till the yearend, IA Regnum reports.
Earlier, Kommersant daily citing a diplomatic source reported
that "Yerevan is supposed to surrender territories around Nagorno
Karabakh." "Armenian forces will abandon Kelbajar (a small contingent
will remain) while the way from Azerbaijan to Nakhijevan will be open.
International administration under the OSCE aegis will be established
in Kelbajar but will pass to Azerbaijan’s full control. The plan,
however, provides for creation of a corridor in Lachin connecting
Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh. The liberated territories will
be demilitarized and international peacekeepers will be deployed
there. Finally, the international community will encourage settlement
of Armenians from those territories back to Armenia and return of
Azeri refugees in several years. The UN Security Council will act as
guarantor of the peaceful agreement."