POSSIBILITIES TO PEACEFULLY RESOLVE NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT NOT EXHAUSTED: PRIME MINISTER OF ARMENIA

Trend News Agency
Dec 20 2007
Azerbaijan

The possibilities to peacefully resolve Nagorno-Karabakh conflict have
not exhausted, said the Prime Minister of Armenia, Serj Sarkisyan,
during the meeting with the EU Special Representative for South
Caucasus, Peter Semneby, News Armenia reported.

In addition, Sarkisyan stated that the 2008 presidential elections
in Armenia and Azerbaijan should not be connected with the conflict
settlement.

According to him, the candidates for the presidency should not hide
their positions on Nagorno-Karabakh. "It is very urgent for the both
countries that the candidates for presidency exactly express their
positions although it may be unbeneficial for some candidates,"
Sarkisyan said.

In his turn, Semneby said that after his meeting with the President
of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, he appeared an impression that Aliyev
expects the settlement of the conflict after the presidential elections
in Armenia and Azerbaijan.

He said that the European Union is interested in maintaining those
that the conflicting sides achieved during the talks and creating
good grounds for their continuation.