RA MFA: KARABAKH CONFLICT RESOLUTION WAS POSSIBLE IN 2001
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
13.05.2009 13:09 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian took
part in the 119th meeting of Council of Europe Cabinet of Ministers
in Madrid on May 12.
In his address to the meeting participants, Minister Nalbandian said
in part, "Independence of Arstakh is an issue of security. Azerbaijan
responded to it with ethnic cleansing which transformed into an open
aggression. In 2001, the sides were close to an agreement on resolution
of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. However, Azerbaijan non-constructive
approach frustrated peaceful plans."
"Meetings between Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents, signature of
Moscow declaration and adoption of Helsinki statement are prerequisites
for peaceful resolution of the conflict. If Azerbaijan renounces
non-constructive methods and stops militaristic and anti-Armenian
propaganda, the OSCE Minsk group may succeed in bringing positions of
the sides closer," the Minister said, the RA MFA press office reported.