DeFacto Agency, Armenia
Sept 12 2008

RA PRESIDENT: ATTEMPTS TO TRANSFER KARABAKH SETTLEMENT PROCESS TO
OTHER INSTANCES PREGNANT WITH SERIOUS PROBLEMS

YEREVAN, 12.09.08. DE FACTO. On September 11 RA President Serge
Sargsian received Greek Foreign Minister’s Special Commissioner
Nicolaos Kalantzianos. Next year Greek will assume presidency in the
OSCE, the RA President’s Press Office reports. According to
N. Kalantzianos, his visit’s goal is to discuss Armenia’s expectations
from Greek presidency in the OSCE and to exchange views on recent
regional developments.

In the course of the meeting Serge Sargsian noted Armenia attached
importance to cooperation with the OSCE. Noting that the solution of
one of Armenia’s principal goals ` Karabakh conflict settlement ` was
realized within OSCE frames, Serge Sargsian underscored that the state
of neither peace nor war had been maintained for 14 years thanks to
the OSCE MG co-chairing countries. The Armenian party believes that
the OSCE MG has the potential to resolve the conflict, while attempts
to transfer the process to other instances are pregnant with serious
problems.

In the course of the meeting the parties also considered the issues
referring to bilateral relations between Armenia and Greece.