EDWARD NALBANDIAN SAYS THE RIGHT FOR THE DETERMINATION OF ARTSAKH STATUS BELONGS TO THE NAGORNO KARABAKH PEOPLE

ARMENPRESS
JULY 8, 2009
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, JULY 8, ARMENPRESS: Armenian Foreign Minister Edward
Nalbandian received today the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs Yuri
Merzlyakov, Bernard Fassier and Matthew Bryza as well as the personal
representative to the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk.

Media relations department of the Armenian Foreign Ministry told
Armenpress that during the meeting issues connected with the
preparations for the upcoming meeting of Armenian and Azerbaijani
Presidents have been discussed.

Referring to the format of negotiations held within the Minsk Group
frames Edward Nalbandian stressed the importance of full participation
of the Artsakh side in the negotiation process as a guarantee for
the efficiency of the peaceful process.

The co-chairs have expressed their regret that as a result of the
weather conditions they have not been able to visit Stepanakert.

After the meeting on the request of journalists commenting on the
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister’s statement on giving Nagorno Karabakh
sovereignty within Azerbaijan E. Nalbandian said that the Azerbaijani
FM is not the person to determine the Nagorno Karabakh status, the
right to determine this issue belongs to the Nagorno Karabakh people.