EXPERT SAYS NKR TALKS HALTED, THEY SHOULD RESUME

Panorama.am
16:02 25/11/2009

NKR talks are halted, they should resume, Alexander Manasyan, Head
of the Philosophy and Logics Chair of the Yerevan State University
told a press conference today.

The talks will resume when Nagorno-Karabakh becomes a negotiating
party, as the OSCE approved the format in 1992, he said.

Manasyan expressed dissatisfaction over the French Co-Chair Bernard
Fassier’s statement as if Baku should give consent over NKR becoming
a negotiating party.

"The talks are halted; bilateral meetings do not meet the format
criteria, determined by the OSCE since Budapest Summit in 1990ies. The
format has been infringed now and the meetings should be seen as
consultations over resuming the talks," the politician described.