APA, Azerbaijan
Feb 14 2009

Armenian foreign ministry spokesman: `Matthew Bryza’s statements
hamper the negotiation process’

[ 14 Feb 2009 13:26 ]
Baku. Lachin Sultanova`APA. `These statements can nothing but hamper
the peace process, which bases on Madrid proposals’, said Tigran
Balayan, head of the Armenian foreign ministry’s media relations
division, APA reports quoting Panarmenian agency.

Speaking about the Bryza’s interview with Voice of America, Balayan
said the Madrid proposals envisaged three fundamental principles:
non-use of force, the right of nations to self-determination and the
principle of territorial integrity. `Armenia has numerously stated
that the resolution of the Karabakh conflict should base on
recognition of the Nagorno Karabakh people’s right to
self-determination. Talks are underway. No agreement has been reached
thus far’, Balayan said.

In an interview with Voice of America, Ambassador Bryza said
resolution of the Karabakh conflict was not far away and that it’s
based on the principle of territorial integrity. `The right of
nations’ to self-determination and inadmissibility of use of force
should also be fixed in the agreement,’ Bryza said.