ARMENIA’S MAIN PRINCIPALS REFLECTED IN REGULATIONS ON RESOLUTION OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT: DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER

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July 14 2009
Azerbaijan

Armenia’s three main principals on resolution of the
[Armenian-Azerbaijani] Nagorno-Karabakh conflict were reflected in
published regulations, Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh
Kocharyan said in an interview with Novosti-Armeniya

Recently Russian President Dimitriy Medvedev, U.S President Barack
Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy made a statement, which
says that the version of last proposals on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
will be presented to Baku and Yerevan.

In statement the Presidents charge their mediators to introduce
renovated version of Madrid document dated November 2007, including
the co-chairs’ last proposals on formulation of main principles to
Azerbaijan and Armenian presidents.

In addition the main principles on resolution of Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict have been publicized.

It reflects three principles put forward by Armenia, which are under
development, Kocharyan said.

According to Kocharyan, the first principle deals with status of
so-called "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic".

Kocharyan named safe land communication between Armenia and so-called
"Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" as the second main principle

And at last, the most important is the internationally strengthened
and multilayer system ensuring security of Nagorno-Karabakh’s people,
Kocharyan said.

Indeed negotiations are underway. But it does not mean that the
published document is to be signed. The work is serious enough to
require concretizing regulations, serious attention and laborious task,
he added.

The next meeting of Azerbaijan and Armenia presidents in Moscow is
regular, but it also follows a statement of presidents of the three
countries, Kocharyan added.

According to Kocharyan, the meeting will center on regulations and
make negotiations concrete in whole.

However, it is not worth to expect immediate solution of problem
following the statement of the presidents of the OSCE Minsk group
co-chairing countries, because the sides hold different stances on
many issues, Kocharyan said.

The next meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents Serzh
Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev, is scheduled to be held in Moscow in
mid-July during the informal international horse races for the Russian
President’s Prize. The last meeting between Aliyev and Sargsyan was
in St. Petersburg in June.