Babacan: No Solution Can Be Achieved In Karabakh Without Russia’s Su

BABACAN: NO SOLUTION CAN BE ACHIEVED IN KARABAKH WITHOUT RUSSIA’S SUPPORT AND CONSENT

PanARMENIAN.Net
05.11.2008 18:29 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Foreign Minister Ali Babacan has praised Russia for
hosting talks between the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan on the
long-running dispute over Nagorno Karabakh, dismissing suggestions
that Moscow’s diplomatic drive is an attempt to steal the mediator
role from Ankara.

"It is a fact that no solution can be achieved in Nagorno Karabakh
without Russia’s support and consent," Babacan told reporters en route
to Marseilles to attend a Euro-Mediterranean meeting late on Monday

Babacan, however, added that agreement can’t be achieved with Turkey
and the U.S. either.

"Steps taken by Turkey since September 2007 at various levels to
contribute to the resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and
steps taken by Russia on the same issue are complementary to each
other," the minister noted, Today’s Zaman reports.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS