NKR MFA: KARABAKH ISSUE WASN’T DISCUSSED DURING ARMENIAN-TURKISH TALKS

PanARMENIAN.Net
11.02.2009 18:53 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The talks for resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict are held under the aegis of the OSCE Minsk Group, the most
optimal mediation format, said Marsel Petrosyan, head of the NKR
Foreign Minsitry information division.

"As far as we know, the Karabakh issue wasn’t discussed during the
Armenian-Turkish talks," he told PanARMENIAN.Net.

Hurriyet daily reported Wednesday that "Yerevan and Baku sealed a
partial agreement on Karabakh."

The daily announced Wednesday that Armenia and Azerbaijan reached
a partial agreement on a solution plan for the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict. The agreement allegedly came after the Turkish Foreign
Minister’s contacts with officials from both countries.

According to the plan, Armenia will return some of the towns
surrounding the Nagorno Karabakh region to Azerbaijan in a specific
timetable and repatriate the Azeris who were forced to leave the
regions, the report said.

The administration of the Nagorno Karabakh will be handed to a
provisional body and Kelbejer will be returned to Azerbaijan after
the status of the region is determined, Hurriyet added.

The railroad and highway between Azerbaijan and Armenia will be
opened, while an international peace force will be deployed at the
border region between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, the report said.