NKR PRESIDENT: RETURN TO DISCUSSION OF PHASED TALKS SCENARIO HARDLY POSSIBLE
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 6. ARMINFO. The return to the so called phased talks
scenario that is to what was discussed in 1998 is hardly possible,
NKR President Arkady Ghoukassyan said after his Monday meeting with
OSCE Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel.
He said that it is unacceptable for the Armenian side to first settle
Azerbaijan’s problems and only then its own ones which is what the
phased scenario says. If Azerbaijan is ready to discuss the status
of Karabakh what phased resolution are we talking about, Ghoukassyan
wonders noting that it is impossible to discuss the status of Karabakh
implying just a little of independence like it is impossible to be
a little pregnant. Any solution should be accepted in a the context
of Karabakh’s security.
Commenting on Ilham Aliev’s recent belicose statements Ghoukassyan
said that thereby the Azeri president is solving his internal problems
but such statements are not good for the peace process.