FOREIGN MINISTERS OF ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN AND RUSSIA DISCUSS THE KARABAKH ISSUE
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10.10.2008 16:35
The Foreign Ministers of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia Edward
Nalbandian, Elmar Mammadyarov and Sergey Lavrov held a meeting in
Bishkek today.
Following the meeting the Foreign Minister of Armenia, Mr. Edward
Nalbandian told reporters that they discussed the details of
negotiations on the settlement of the Karabakh conflict underway on
the basis of the Madrid Proposals of the Minsk Group Co-Chairs. "As for
the statement that the pivotal issues of the Karabakh settlement have
been coordinated, I have already said and I’d like to repeat that the
main issue is the status of Nagorno Karabakh, which should be solved
via the free expression of will of Artsakhi people," he noted.
"As for the opinion of some analysts that Armenia in a non-profitable
position in the current stage of negotiations, the Foreign Minister
noted he does not think those are serious analyses and are more like
unhealthy imagination," Edward Nalbandian said.
Turning to the meeting that took place before the presidential
elections in Azerbaijan and its possible influence on the negotiation
process, Edward Nalbandian noted that the negotiations will enter a
more active phase following