ARMENIAN FM REJECTS AZERBAIJAN’S CLAIMS THAT ISSUE ON RETURNING OF REFUGEES TO NAGORNO KARABAKH DISCUSSED IN THE PROCESS OF NORMALIZATION OF NAGORNO KARABAKH CONFLICT

ARMENPRESS
NOVEMBER 20, 2009
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 20, ARMENPRESS: Armenian Foreign Minister Edward
Nalbandyan rejects Azerbaijan’s claims that in the process of
normalization of Nagorno Karabakh conflict the issue on returning of
refugees to Nagorno Karabakh was discussed.

E. Nalbandyan said today at the meeting with the reporters that today
this issue is not included in the agenda, such issue may be discussed
after the final settlement of the conflict, when relevant security
guarantees will be ensured and the return of more than 400,000 Armenian
refugees will be taken into consideration.

Referring to the issue that the NKR authorities are stating that they
were not officially presented the Madrid principles, Nalbandyan said
that it is necessary to believe the NKR authorities. "Armenia has
presented the Madrid principles to NKR authorities or not is another
issue. Officially the NKR authorities have not been presented the
Madrid principles," he said.

As to the information in press that after the meeting of the Armenian
and Azerbaijani presidents the meeting of the foreign ministers of the
two countries is expected to take place, Edward Nalbandyan said that
it is possible that the meeting takes place during the conference of
the foreign ministers in Greece but there is no concrete arrangement
over it.