NKR PRESIDENT DISCUSSED A WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES WITH THE OSCE MG CO-CHAIRMEN
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2008-11-17 15:22
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
On November 15-16, within the framework of the regional visit,
the OSCE MG co-chairmen on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement
Matthew Bryza (the USA), Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia) and Bernard Fassier
(France) were in the Nagorno Karabakh Republic.
They had a meeting with the NKR President Bako Sahakyan, at which
a wide range of issues related to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict
settlement were discussed. According to the Central Information
Department of the NKR President’s Office, special attention was
paid to the Moscow declaration signed by Armenian, Azerbaijani,
and Russian presidents.
Bako Sahakyan emphasized that Artsakh values any document which
can contribute to the establishment of a civilized dialogue in the
Azerbaijani-Karabakh settlement process. In the meantime, the Head
of the State noted that the settlement process will be impossible to
make comprehensive without full-fledged participation of the Nagorno
Karabakh Republic.
The MG co-chairmen, in their turn, reaffirmed that without consent
and participation of Nagorno Karabakh it will be impossible to settle
the conflict.
NKR Foreign Minister Georgy Petrossian and Personal representative
of the OSCE Chairman-in-office Andrzey Kasprzyk attended the meeting.
After the meeting, a briefing for local and accredit ed journalists
was held. The OSCE MG Russian Co-chairman Yuri Merzliakov called the
meeting with the Head of the Karabakh state "very substantial and very
constructive". All the mediators noted that without participation of
representatives of Nagorno Karabakh the text of the agreement will
not be elaborated.