ARMENIA TAKES CAUTIOUS APPROACH TOWARD ABKHAZIA, S. OSSETIA

Interfax
Sept 16 2008
Russia

Armenia takes a cautious approach toward considering the possibility
of recognizing Abkhazia’s and South Ossetia’s independence, said
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian.

"I think everybody would understand why our approach is this cautious,"
Nalbandian told journalists following a meeting with Georgian Foreign
Minister Eka Tkeshelashvili in Tbilisi.

Armenia has a problem of Nagorno-Karabakh and wishes to resolve this
problem exclusively peacefully, he said.

"We have intensive contacts with our Azeri counterparts on this issue,"
Nalbandian said.

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will pay an official visit to
Georgia in the near future, he said.