OSCE MG STATEMENT IS POSITIVE: RA VICE-SPEAKER

news.am
Dec 2 2009
Armenia

The purport the joint statement by OSCE MG Co-Chairs as well as
Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers lies in the document
format. That it its status is now higher and it does not involve
Co-Chairs only," RA NA Vice-Speaker and the Republican Party member
Samvel Nikoyan informed NEWS.am.

"The point at statement is NKR conflict resolution, Madrid Principles
and certainly Helsinki Final Act, where the nations’ right to self
determination is clearly stated," Nikoyan outlined. According to him,
the parties developed an understanding on need to reach an accord on
settlement basic principles and only then the process on agreement
elaboration may launch. Karabakh should also be involved in the
process," Nikoyan said.

Asked whether he sees a threat in unprecedented intensification of NKR
peace process, Nikoyan replied that the process was progressing slowly,
that did not presuppose favorable facts for Armenia. "The matter
is not quickness, but ability of Armenian diplomacy to acknowledge
the issues substantially as well as how the international community
perceives them. The fact that nations’ self-determination is touched
upon – is already a positive trend," Nikoyan concluded.