ARMENIAN PRESIDENT INVITES OPPOSITION TO DISCUSS KARABAKH TALKS

Mediamax
Nov 18 2008
Armenia

Yerevan, 18 November: The leaders of the parties included in
the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) have received an
invitation from Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan to participate in
a round table discussion on the process of the Karabakh settlement,
ANC coordinator Levon Zurabyan said in Yerevan today.

He said that the ANC political council, and the leaders of the parties
of the Congress have the right to make their own decision. Zurabyan
said that after announcing a moratorium on rallies, former President
Levon Ter-Petrosyan has been holding meetings with the representatives
of the ANC parties during which he also discussed the Karabakh conflict
settlement with them.

Zurabyan admitted that there are disagreements among the ANC parties on
the issue of returning the territories. He added that the OSCE Minsk
Group’s US co-chair, Matthew Bryza, at the meeting on 16 November,
gave some details of the negotiations process. Zurabyan said that
"several points raise our concerns".