SERGEY LAVROV: "SEVERAL PRINCIPAL ISSUES HAVE BEEN COORDINATED IN SETTLEMENT PROCESS OF NAGORNO KARABAKH CONFLICT"

Azeri Press Agency
03 Oct 2008 15:10
Azerbaijan

Yerevan-APA. "Several principal issues have been coordinated in
settlement process of Nagorno Karabakh conflict.

These issues have been documented by OSCE MG Co-Chairs and kept in
OSCE. There are several uncoordinated issues as well, but there
is chance to solve these issues using various versions", Russian
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told journalists after meeting with
Armenian counterpart Edward Nalbandian in Yerevan, APA reports quoting
Novosti-Armenia.

Lavrov stated that planned meetings and negotiations on settlement
process would make opportunity to step forward. Lavrov added that
Russia and Armenia supported peaceful solution to all conflicts.

"We have paid special attention to situation occurred in Caucasus after
aggression of Saakashvili’s regime in South Ossetia. We consider that
any conflict should be solved within the framework of negotiations
basing on international laws", he said. To him, it is impossible to
solve critical conflicts by force.