STEPAN DEMIRCHYAN: MADRID PRINCIPLES CAN NOT BE CONSIDERED ACHIEVEMENT FOR THE ARMENIAN SIDE

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
16.12.2009 15:54 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In terms of the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement Madrid
principles can not be regarded as progress, since this document resolve
almost all issues, while a referendum on the status of Nagorno Karabakh
is postponed indefinitely, Span Demirchyan, leader of People’s Party
of Armenia (PPA) told a press conference in Yerevan today.

According to Mr. Demirchyan, in 2010 the international community to
increase pressure on Armenia to achieve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
settlement, Armenia must be ready to it. "It becomes clear from the
statements of OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, who assessed the current
stage of negotiations as progress and say that conflict resolution
can be reached in 2010," he said.