ARMENIAN PRESIDENT HOPES TO SETTLE RELATIONS WITH AZERBAIJAN
Interfax
Nov 6 2008
Russia
A peaceful solution of the Karabakh problem, which will guarantee
the right of Karabakh people to self- determination, will lay down
the foundation of Armenian-Azeri settlement, Armenian President Serzh
Sargsyan told the Armenian community in Brussels.
"We are ready to continue negotiations on the basis of the Madrid
principles," he said.
"You know that we signed a joint declaration with the Russian and Azeri
presidents in Moscow several days ago. I think that this declaration
starts a new, more active phase of the Karabakh peace settlement,"
Sargsyan said.
While recognizing the need for international acknowledgement of the
Armenian genocide, Armenia should seek the development of natural
relations with Turkey, he said.
"Being the President of Armenia, I took the first symbolic step and
invited Turkish President Abdullah Gul to visit Yerevan. I was glad
that the Turkish president had given an affirmative answer to my
invitation and we managed to initiate a confidence building process
in September," Sargsyan said.
"It is possible to establish mutual confidence through full-scale
diplomatic relations without preconditions and to develop multilateral
cooperation," he said.