ARMENIAN AUTHORITIES TO COMPLY WITH CONSTITUTION – FOREIGN MINISTER

ITAR-TASS
March 21 2008
Russia

YEREVAN, March 21 (Itar-Tass) — Armenian authorities will act in
compliance with the constitution and laws, Foreign Minister Vartan
Oskanian told foreign ambassadors and representatives of international
organizations on Friday.

He told the diplomats about efforts of the national administration
to restore the unity, a source at the Foreign Ministry’s information
and press department told Itar-Tass.

Oskanian affirmed the importance of the agreement on the quadripartite
political coalition, which laid down the foundation for the
amalgamation of political platforms.

The minister said that Yerevan was adherent to the Karabakh settlement
principles drafted at the OSCE Minsk Group. Armenia thinks that the
settlement process should continue within the OSCE Minsk Group format,
he said.

Meanwhile, policemen and Interior Ministry servicemen wearing helmets
and carrying plastic shields cordoned the square in front of the
Yerevan Opera Theater and the monument to the first premier of Soviet
Armenia Alexander Myasnikian to keep off protesters. The protesters
made a live chain through the Yerevan center.