OSCE MINSK GROUP MUST REMAIN SOLE MEDIATOR OF KARABAKH PROBLEM – ARMENIAN OFFICIALS
Interfax
May 13 2010
Russia
Changing the format of the Nagorno- Karabakh settlement process
could hurt the process, Hovik Abrahamyan said, Armenian Parliamentary
Speaker.
"The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict must be resolved by the OSCE
(Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) Minsk Group, and
any other involvement could hamper and hurt the process," Abrahamyan
said at a meeting with Turkish representative Mevlut Cavusoglu,
who is currently the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the
Council of Europe.
Abrahamyan said that the status of Nagorno-Karabakh and the security
of its people are important for Armenia, the Armenian parliament’s
press office told Interfax.
The initiative to set up a PACE sub-commission on Nagorno-Karabakh
was not my idea, and even if it does form such a sub-commission,
this will not replace the OSCE Minsk Group, Cavusoglu said.
Armenia and Turkey must establish diplomatic relations without pre-
conditions, the Armenian parliamentary speaker said.
"Establishing Armenian-Turkish relations is a complicated process.
And although this process has been put on hold, Armenia is nevertheless
willing to go back to it, if effective steps are seen on the part of
Turkey and protocols are ratified," Abrahamyan said.