Mediamax, Armenia
July 9 2011

Armenian President described the talks about international pressure in
the settlement process as `exaggeration’

Mediamax reports that today, after conclusion of the first
All-Armenian Forum of young officers of the Armenian Armed Forces, the
President communicated with some of them.

Answering the question of one of the officers about the stage the
settlement process is in and whether there is international pressure,
Serzh Sargsian said:

`The process continues and we are keeping to a constructive stance in
it. Everyone knows that: some of them support us, and others try to
criticize. However it is not that important. Important is the fact
that talks about pressure are exaggerated. OSCE Minsk Group Co-chair
countries try to make the stances of all sides of the conflict –
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan – closer. This process
proceeds with difficulty, but we did not even expect it to have an
easy solution. Our stance is known and it is perceived by the other
side with difficulty. We will do everything for a fair solution. The
stronger you are, the more combat-efficient our Army will be and our
negotiation stance will have a better standing’.