ARMENIAN MPS COMMENT ON DIPLOMATS’ STATEMENT ON KARABAKH
Mediamax
Dec 5 2008
Armenia
Yerevan, 5 December: The political forces represented in the Armenian
parliament commented today on the joint statement by the Russian and
French foreign ministers and a US deputy secretary of state on the
Karabakh conflict settlement made in Helsinki on 4 December.
The secretary of opposition Heritage party faction in parliament,
Stepan Safaryan, said that the settlement of the Karabakh conflict
is high on the agenda of European organizations, and that time for
imitation of negotiations by the sides has passed and it is time to
make concrete decisions.
A member of the Prosperous Armenia party parliamentary faction, Avet
Adonts, described the statement of OSCE Minsk Group co-chair as a
"positive document".
Deputy speaker of the Armenian parliament Hrayr Karapetyan of
the Armenian Revolutionary Federation – Dashnaktsutyun said that
the statement became a confirmation of the provisions of the Moscow
Declaration, and does not contain new postulates. He expressed surprise
in connection with "irresponsible and controversial statements by OSCE
Minsk Group’s US co-chair Matthew Bryza". He said that "this indicates
that the US diplomat does not have a serious attitude towards his
responsibilities and often what he says is wishful thinking."