BAKO SAHAKIAN REITERATES THAT ARTSAKH’S INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY ARE NOT SUBJECT TO BARGAINING
NOYAN TAPAN
MARCH 29, 2010
STEPANAKERT
STEPANAKERT, MARCH 29, NOYAN TAPAN. On March 28, NKR President
Bako Sahakian met with OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs Robert Bradtke
(U.S.), Yuri Merzliakov (RF), Bernard Fassier (France) and persons
accompanying them who had arrived in NKR. According to NKR President’s
Press Office, issues related to the current stage and prospects of
Azerbaijan-Karabakh conflict settlement were discussed at the meeting.
B. Sahakian once more declared that the conflict cannot be settled
finally and comprehensively without NKR’s complete participation. He
mentioned that Azerbaijan’s deconstructive and bellicose approaches,
as well as continual rejection of the initiatives aimed at
establishment of mutual confidence are the biggest obstacles of the
conflict settlement. Confirming NKR’s loyalty to conflict’s peaceful
settlement within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group B. Sahakian
reiterated that Artsakh’s independence and security are not subject
to bargaining and any attempt to return the past is fraught with
unpredictable consequences.
The Co-chairs also mentioned that the variant of settling the conflict
by force is absolutely inadmissible.
Speaking about Armenia-Turkey relations the NKR President said that it
is not connected with the settlement of Azerbaijan-Karabakh conflict,
and the attempts to link them with one another have a negative impact
on the two processes leading them up a blind alley.
NKR Foreign Minister Georgy Petrosian, Personal Representative of
OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk took part in the meeting.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
