TERRY DAVIS: "SETTLEMENT OF NAGORNO KARABAKH PROBLEM IS DRIVEN FROM EVERYBODY’S INTERESTS"
Noyan Tapan
Nov 5, 2007
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 5, NOYAN TAPAN. As of today, Armenia has assumed
most of its commitments assumed in front of the Council of Europe. This
statement was made at the November 5 joint press conference of Vardan
Oskanian, the RA Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Terry Davis, the
Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
Touching upon the problem of Nagorno Karabakh, Terry Davis declared
that he follows that problem with a great interest. According to him,
the societies of Armenia and Azerbaijan have already been waiting for
the settlement of the conflict for a rather long time already. At
the same time he mentioned that he does not want to blame anybody,
including the negotiators of the OSCE. "However, besides the Karabakh
conflict, there are also other important problems, which should be
seen to in these countries, the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh
problem is driven from everybody’s interests. I hope that a day will
come when that conflict will be settled and the Council of Europe
will be able to help the people of Nagorno Karabakh the way, it helps
others,"Terry Davis declared.
Terry Davis mentioned that the Council of Europe also attaches
great significance to the forthcoming presidential elections to be
held in Armenia and particularly stressed the role of media in the
pre-election period.