EDWARD NALBANDIAN: KARABAKH’S FULL PARTICIPATION IN THE TALKS NECESSARY

AZG Armenian Daily
09/07/2009

On July 8 Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian received the
Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Yuri Merzlyakov, Bernard Fassier
and Matthew Bryza, as well as the Personal Representative of the OSCE
Chairperson-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk. During the meeting discussed
were issues related to the preparation of the forthcoming meeting of
the Presidnts of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Moscow. Turning to the
negotiation process in the framework of the Minsk Group, Minister
Nalbandian stressed the necessity of the full participation of the
Karabakhi side in the process as an effective guarantee of the peace
process. The Co-Chairs expressed regret that the weather conditions
did not allow them to travel to Stepanakert. Commenting on Azerbaijani
Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov’s statement about providing autonomy
to Nagorno Karabakh within Azerbaijan, Edward Nalbandian said the
Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan is not the one to decide upon the status
of Artsakh, and the reight belongs to the people of Nagorno Karabakh.