NEGOTIATION TO BECOME TURNING POINT WHEN KARABAKH PARTICIPATES

Panorama.am
18:17 16/01/2008

"Once more we proved our commitment to Nagorno Karabakh conflict
peace settlement," NKR President Bako Sahakyan said late January 15
during the meeting with the co-chairs. He informed that the co-chairs
presented general approaches by the Armenian and Azerbaijani president
and "proceeding from those opinions we may conclude that there are
some points that do not stem from the interests of Karabakh people."

In the words of the president, criticism was voiced during the meeting
against the statements made by the Azerbaijani leadership which may not
contribute to peaceful settlement of the conflict. "Our disposition
has stayed unchanged: Karabakh security with all the demonstrations
stemming from it may not be traded," NKR leader noted.

In the opinion of NKR president, the year 2008 will become a turning
point only in case Karabakh gets involved in the negotiation process
as an equal party.

"However, we have also stated that we are interested that Armenia
continues participating in the negotiations because it will contribute
to the preservation of current peace," he said.