AT DARTMOUTH CONFERENCE AZERBAIJAN WITHDRAWS FROM THE FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT SIGNED EARLIER ON PEACEFUL PROCESS OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT SETTLEMENT

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2007-12-14 18:07:00

ArmInfo. "During the 12th round of the negotiations within the
frameworks of Dartmouth conference on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
settlement Co-chair of the conference Vitali Naumkin and Harold
Saunders regretfully stated the destructive position of the Azerbaijani
delegation", Leader of the Democratic Party of Armenia Aram Sarksyan
said at a briefing, Friday.

He said that Azerbaijan withdrew from the framework agreement on
peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict developed and
signed at the 10th and 11th rounds. Moreover, the composition of the
Azerbaijani delegation was changed by 90%. "Azerbaijani delegates
were inspired by the fact that return of 6 regions to Azerbaijan
was allegedly discussed during FMs’ talks in Madrid, but this
is a regular myth", the leader of DPA said. The second source for
Azerbaijani’s inspiration, according to him, is "the love of certain
Armenian politicians for the Azerbaijani against the background of
the statements of Azerbaijani Defense Minister Safar Abiyev about
100% possibility of a new war". "The statements of certain Armenian
politicians about the necessity of unilateral concessions put us in a
difficult situation", A. Sarksyan said. At the same time, he assured
that the attempts of Azerbaijani leaders to frighten Armenian society
are groundless. "The war would put the interests of oil-extracting
companies at risk. The transnational corporations represented in
Baku have already stated that they will not allow Azerbaijan be at
war more than a day", the leader of DPA said.

To note, the framework agreement on peaceful process of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement signed by the NKR, Armenian
and Azerbaijani public representatives foresaw involvement
of Nagorno-Karabakh in the negotiation process, unblocking of
communications and establishing peaceful neighborhood between Armenians
and Azerbaijani in one model region.