ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER: "NAGORNO KARABAKH SHOULD TAKE PART IN THE TALKS ON THE CONFLICT RESOLUTION"
Today.Az
11 August 2008
Azerbaijan
Nagorno Karabakh should take an active part in the talks on the
resolution of Nagorno Karabakh conflict, said Armenian Defense Minister
Seyran Ohanyan in Khankendi.
He said the issues to lay a basis of new talks with the officials and
people of the self-declared "Nagorno Karabakh Republic" may emerge
at the last stage of the negotiations.
As for the recent situation on the contact front line of Nagorno
Karabakh and Azerbaijani troops. Ohanyan noted that "the defense
army" of the separatist "Nagorno Karabakh Republic" fully controls
the situation on the front.
"Tensions arise at some moments, but Nagorno Karabakh "army" is
confident of its powers and is able to resist the enemy", said the
Armenian Defense minister.
During the visit to Nagorno Karabakh, the Armenian Defense Minister
met with the "president" of the self-declared "NKR" Bako Saakyan, the
staff of the "defense army" of Nagorno Karabakh and visited the border.