ARMENIAN SIDE REGISTERS PROGRESS IN KARABAKH CONFLICT REGULATION PROCESS DURING THE PASSING YEAR

ARMENPRESS
Dec 22, 2008
YEREVAN

The Armenian side is going to continue the negotiations over the
Nagorno Karabakh conflict regulation in 2009 according to this year’s
registered progress.

Spokesman for the Armenian foreign minister Tigran Balayan, assessing
the passing year in respect of the Karabakh conflict regulation process
with request of Armenpress, said that the Armenian side considers the
two meetings of the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents during this
year, the signing of Moscow Declaration, documents signed in Helsinki
during the annual gathering of the OSCE Foreign Ministers as progress.

"Armenian side is ready to continue the negotiations over Nagorno
Karabakh conflict regulation within the frameworks of the OSCE Minsk
Group on the basis of the progress registered during this year,"
T. Balayan said.

DECEMBER 23 URGENT SESSION OF PARLIAMENT TO BE CALLED YEREVAN, DECEMBER
22, ARMENPRESS: Armenian National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamian
signed decree calling an urgent session of the parliament December 23,
2008 at 12.00 o’clock. NA public relations department told Armenpress
that the agenda of the session includes about 40 issues.

E. NALBANDIAN PRESENTS THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS OF KARABAKH CONFLICT
REGULATION IN STEPANAKERT YEREVAN, DECEMBER 22, ARMENPRESS: Armenian
Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian paid a one-day visit to Stepanakert
on December 19. Press service of Armenian Foreign Ministry told
Armenpress that in the evening December 19 President of Nagorno
Karabakh Bako Sahakian received Edward Nalbandian.

During the meeting the latest developments in the regulation of
Karabakh issue have been discussed. Minister E. Nalbandian presented
to the Karabakh president the results of the Helsinki meeting of OSCE
Foreign Ministers as well as the details of his Helsinki meeting
with OSCE Minsk group co-chairs and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister
Elmar Mammedyarov.

The sides highly assessed the statements of foreign ministers of OSCE
Minsk group co-chairing countries and the council of OSCE Foreign
Ministers over the Karabakh issue regulation.

In the morning December 20, Edward Nalbandian visited Artsakh
State University, where he first put flowers on the memory-stone
of university members who were killed during the war. Afterwards
the Armenian Foreign Minister delivered a speech in front of the
professors and students of the University presenting the prospects
of the negotiation process of Karabakh conflict regulation.

Edward Nalbandian also answered a number of questions of the
students. Referring to the issue of participation of Karabakh
authorities in the process of conflict regulation E. Nalbandian
stressed that no agreement can be reached without a full participation
of the Artsakh side in the negotiation process.

The Foreign Minister also had a briefing with the local journalists
in the Artsakh State University.

Edward Nalbandian also met with the Speaker of Karabakh parliament
Ashot Ghulian and Foreign Minister Georgi Petrosian. On the same day
he returned to Yerevan.