EDWARD NALBANDYAN: "NAGORNO KARABAKH STATUS PRINCIPLE KEY POINT IN THIS CONFLICT"

Panorama.am
20:09 10/10/2008

Today the Foreign Ministers of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia, Edward
Nalbandyan, Elmar Aliev and Sergey Lavrov have had a meeting in the
frames of the CIS summit in Bishkek, reports the press service of
the Foreign Ministry of Armenia.

After the meeting, by the request of Armenian journalists, the
Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandyan has made comments on
the ongoing stage of Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) conflict and the
status of negotiations.

To a question that recently announcements are being made that
the principle key points of Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) conflict
are agreed on, the Foreign Minister said that during the meeting
they have discussed Nagorno Karabakh conflict and its regulation
in the frames of the recommendations made by the OSCE Minsk group
co-chairmen. "Regarding the point that the principle questions
of Nagorno Karabakh conflict are solved, I’d like to repeat once
more that the status of Nagorno Karabakh is its principle question
in this conflict, which should be solved by the people of Nagorno
Karabakh. And if they say that the principle questions are solved,
then we could conclude that this part of the conflict is solved,"
said the Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandyan.