G. MANOYAN: NOR DOES EITHER OF THEM WANT TO BE THE FIRST TO SAY "NO"

armradio.am
20.08.2009 15:55

The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries will do their best to get
the consent to the Madrid Principles from official Yerevan and Baku
before October 14, Head of the Hay Dat (Armenian Cause) Office in
Yerevan Giro Manoyan told reporters today. "Late this September the
co-chairs are to present a revised version of the Madrid document,
and the countries are to agree to or reject the principles within a
few weeks," Manoyan said.

According to him, the fact that Azerbaijan has not at least once
stated its readiness to consent to Nagorno-Karabakh being not part of
its territory is evidence that Baku will never agree to the Madrid
Principles. Manoyan believes neither side wants to consent to the
Madrid Principles of the settlement, "nor does either of them want
to be the first to say ‘no’."