THE NKR PRESIDENT: "THE INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY OF ARTSAKH ARE NOT SUBJECTS TO SPECULATIONS"

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
2010-03-29 11:21

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

According to the Central Information Department of the Office of the
NKR President, issues related to the current stage and prospects of
the Azerbaijani-Karabakhi conflict settlement were discussed during
the meeting.

The Head of the State once again underlined that it would be impossible
to reach final and comprehensive settlement of the conflict without
the full participation of the Artsakh Republic.

President Sahakyan noted that unconstructive, militaristic approaches
of Azerbaijan and its denial of mutual confidence-building measures
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 fraught with unpredictable consequences.

The NKR President reiterated Artsakh’s adherence to peaceful settlement
of the conflict within the frameworks of the OSCE 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-Karabakhi 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 contact line of the NKR
and Azerbaijani Armed Forces 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 meeting.