Interfax, Russia
July 17 2009
ARMENIA WILL TAKE OPINION OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH POPULATION INTO CONSIDERATION
The Armenian Foreign Ministry believes that Armenia cannot agree to
any treaty on the Karabakh conflict settlement without the approval of
the people and leadership of Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenian Foreign
Minister Edvard Nalbandian told the press in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Armenia believes in the need for the full-scale involvement of
Nagorno-Karabakh in the talks. This is also a guarantee of the
effectiveness of the peace process, the Armenian Foreign Ministry
press service quoted the minister as saying.
Armenia cannot ignore the opinion [of the population]. Moreover, it
cannot sign any agreement without the approval of the people and
leadership of Nagorno-Karabakh, he said.
Nalbandian said that the Armenian Foreign Ministry welcomes the
determination and consistent efforts of Russia, the United States and
France to help the sides to the conflict bring their positions closer
and advance the solution of the problem.
*** Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan flew off to Moscow on Friday,
presidential press secretary Samvel Farmanyan told Interfax.
Sargsyan is expected to meet with his Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev
in Moscow to discuss ways to settle the conflict over Nagorno-
Karabakh.