BAKO SAHAKYAN: OSCE MINKS GROUP HAS NOT EXHAUSTED ITS POTENTIAL

PanARMENIAN.Net
12.09.2008 20:43 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On 12 September President of the Nagorno Karabagh
Republic Bako Sahakyan met American co-chair of the OSCE Minsk group
Matthew Bryza. A wide range of issues related to the current stage and
prospects of the Nagorno Karabagh conflict and recent developments in
the region. The Head of the State underlined that official Stepanakert
advocates peaceful settlement of the Karabagh-Azerbaijani conflict with
direct participation of Artsakh as a full party to the negotiation
process. According to Bako Sahakyan the OSCE Minks group has not
exhausted its potential and it is premature to talk about changing the
negotiation format. Touching upon recent developments in the region,
the President noted that all disputes should be solved exclusively
by peaceful means through direct negotiations. President Sahakyan
called important recent steps to establish contacts between Armenia
and Turkey noting that even the most difficult problems could be
solved through a direct dialogue.