SETTLEMENT OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT BEFORE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IMPOSSIBLE

ARKA News Agency
Jan 9 2008
Armenia

YEREVAN, January 9. /ARKA/. The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict cannot
be settled before the presidential election in Armenia, Armenia’s
Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian told a press conference today.

The settlement of the conflict before the elections is extremely
desirable still not possible due to the pre-election strain,
Oskanian said.

Since 1992 negotiations have been held on peaceful settlement of
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the scope of OSCE Minsk Group chaired
by the USA, Russia and France.

The presidential election is to be held in Armenia on February 19.