PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT RULED OUT WITHOUT NKR PARTICIPATION

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
09.07.2009 19:41 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Achieving peace in the region will be impossible
unless Stepanakert participates in Karabakh settlement talks, NKR
Defense Minister told journalists in Askeran region, as reported by a
PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent from Karabakh. "We do not participate in
talks, and cannot have discords with official Yerevan which has its
own approach to conflict settlement. We’ll introduce our positions
provided we become direct party to talks," Defense Minister said.

Touching upon possible concessions, Movses Hakobyan stressed that
there were no official reports in that connection, and statements of
the kind were disseminated only by media.