ARMENIAN MINISTER RULES OUT MILITARY CONFLICT SETTLEMENT
Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
April 6 2006
Baku, April 5, AssA-Irada
Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian has ruled out the use
of military action to solve over a decade-long dispute over Upper
(Nagorno) Garabagh.
“There is no military settlement to the conflict. Azerbaijan had
started the war and lost. If hostilities are resumed, the same thing
will happen,” Oskanian alleged.
As for the continuation of the peace process, he said it will be
known after the Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov’s upcoming
visit to the United States whether the talks will be continued.
“The date of our next meeting will be known after his meetings at
the US State Department.”
Oskanian added that it is premature to speak of another meeting
between the two countries’ presidents.
The parties failed to agree upon the issues of principle during the
talks held by Presidents Ilham Aliyev and Robert Kocharian in France
in February, which was followed by mutual threats.