Bako Sahakyan: Final settlement of the conflict impossible without NKR
participation

armradio.am
03.10.2009 12:29

President of the Nagorno Karabagh Republic Bako Sahakyan met the
Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk group Robert Bradtke (USA), Yuri Merzlyakov
(Russian Federation) and Bernard Fassier (France).

At the beginning Bako Sahakyan congratulated Robert Bradtke on his
appointment as a co-chairman and wished him efficient work.

A wide range of issues related to the settlement of the Karabagh
conflict and regional processes were discussed at the meeting.

The Head of the State once again underlined the necessity of restoring
the full-fledged negotiation format stating that it would be impossible
to reach the final settlement of the conflict without full
participation of the Nagorno Karabagh Republic.

Bako Sahakyan underlined that for the comprehensive settlement of the
conflict it is necessary look ahead instead of being guided by the
past. According to the President any attempt to pull back Nagorno
Karabagh to the conditions of 1988 both in terms of status and
administrative-territorial division are pregnant with unpredictable
consequences and will bring the process to impasse.

The president draw the attention of the co-chairs to the need of
activating efforts aimed at strengthening mutual confidence between the
societies, since for the resolution of the conflict the readiness of
the parties to settle disputable issues through sincere dialogue is a
necessary condition. Artificial acceleration in this case is
inadmissible. Bako Sahakyan underlined that militant and policy of
Azerbaijan is among the most important obstacles of the peace process.

Touching upon the Armenian-Turkish relations, the President noted that
this process does not have any relations to the settlement of the
Karabagh conflict and welcomed the joint statement by the Minsk group
co-chairs concerning this very issue made the day before.

Issues related to the situation along the line contact were also
discussed at the meeting.