ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER: NAGORNYY KARABAKH STATUS IS THE MAIN PROBLEM

ArmInfo
2008-10-29 12:22:00

ArmInfo. Nagornyy Karabakh status, the problem of recognition and
realization of Nagornyy Karabakh people’s right for self-determination
is the main problem, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan said
in an interview with the BBC.

‘We think we can solve the problem in case of the political will of
both parties to the conflict’, – he said.

Asked why Armenia did not follow Russia in the matter of recognition
of South Ossetia’s independence, Nalbandyan replied: ‘We have the
Nagornyy Karabakh conflict. We have not yet recognized Nagornyy
Karabakh though there were moments to do that, let’s say when Kosovo
was recognized. They say, we have lost the moment. This time there
was a moment connected with South Ossetia and Abkhazia, but we think
we are at the stage of serious talks on Nagornyy Karabakh conflict
settlement and we hope these talks will lead to the compromised
resolving’, – the minister said.