NALBANDYAN: NEGOTIATING STEPANAKERT WILL BRING TO SOLUTION

Panorama.am
19:36 16/06/2008

There is no alternative way to the negotiating regulation of the
NKR conflict, said the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Edward
Nalbandyan and added that the war can not be considered a salvation. In
this regard he said that the meeting of the presidents of Armenia and
Azerbaijan will give an opportunity to keep the negotiations based
on the recommendations of the OSCE Minsk group co-chairmen.

Talking about the NKR to be a negotiating side, the Foreign Minister
mentioned that the co-chairmen always try to have meetings with the
NKR authorities also.

The president of Armenia and the Foreign Minister always hold meeting
discussions with the NKR side before meeting with the Azeri side. This
comes to prove that Nagorno Karabakh is indirectly involved in the
negotiations. "As to me, I guess that the direct involvement of the
NKR in the negotiations could contribute to the regulation of the
conflict," he said.