ARMINFO News Agency, Armenia
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Shavarsh Kocharyan: aim of intermediaries at this stage is not to
allow repeat of military actions

Yerevan August 10

Naira Badalyan. OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs today are aimed not so much
at reaching an agreement on Karabakh settlement issue, as not to allow
the resumption of hostilities at the contact line. Armenian Deputy
Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan stated in an interview with
journalists after the Government meeting on August 10. According to
him, the intermediaries at this stage are very well aware that it is
impossible to talk about progress in the negotiation process until
Baku's policy regarding the resolution of the Karabakh conflict
changes. According to the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of
Armenia, Azerbaijan has never refused a military solution to the
conflict and a policy of blackmail. "Today's relative calm on the line
of contact does not mean that we should lose our vigilance because
Azerbaijan is not committed to a peaceful solution to the problem,"
Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Shavarsh Kocharyan stated.