BAKO SAHAKYAN: WITHOUT THE FULL PARTICIPATION OF THE ARTSAKH REPUBLIC IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO REACH FINAL AND COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT OF THE CONFLICT

ArmInfo
2010-03-29 11:36:00

ArmInfo. On 28 March President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan
met co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk group Robert Bradtke (USA), Yuri
Merzlyakov (Russian Federation), Bernard Fassier (France) and
accompanying them officials.

As Central Information Department of the NKR president’s office told
ArmInfo, issues related to the current stage and prospects of the
Azerbaijani-Karabagh conflict settlement were discussed during the
meeting. The Head of the State once again underlined that without the
full participation of the Artsakh Republic it would be impossible to
reach final and comprehensive settlement of the conflict.

President Sahakyan noted that unconstructive, militaristic approaches
of Azerbaijan and its denial of mutual confidence initiatives are
the pivotal hindrances on the way of the conflict’s settlement. The
President once again underlined that independence and security of
Artsakh are not subjects to any speculations and any attempt to bring
back the past are pregnant with unpredictable consequences.

The President of the Artsakh Republic reiterated Artsakh’s adherence to
peaceful settlement of the conflict within the frameworks of the Minsk
Group. The co-chairs also underlined that any scenario of military
solution of the conflict is absolutely unacceptable.

Touching upon the Armenian-Turkish relations, the President noted
that this process does not have any relations to the settlement of the
Azerbaijani-Karabagh conflict and attempts to tie up these processes
cast negative impact on both processes leading them to impasse.

Issues related to the situation along the line contact were also
discussed at the meeting. NKR foreign minister Georgy Petrosyan
and personal representative of the OSCE chairman-in-office Andrzej
Kasprzyk were present at the talks.