EFFORTS TO CONCILIATE STANDS TAKEN AT AZERBAIJANI-ARMENIAN SUMMIT
by Viktor Shulman
ITAR-TASS News Agency, Russia
June 6, 2006 Tuesday
Efforts to conciliate Karabakh settlement positions were taken at the
Bucharest negotiations between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and
Armenian President Robert Kocharian on June 4-5, Azerbaijani Foreign
Minister Elmar Mamedyarov told the press in Baku on Tuesday.
“It is hard to say how much the efforts have succeeded,” he said.
The presidents held most of their negotiations without intermediaries,
the minister said. “This is a positive process, which will eventually
bring results,” he said. A Karabakh economic development program may
be a possible solution, and the Azerbaijani government can set up a
special fund for that purpose, the minister said. However, the plan
can be fulfilled if members of the Azerbaijani community come back
to Karabakh, he said.
Mamedyarov hinted that a Karabakh referendum is not on the agenda.
Judging by his cautious statements, the Karabakh status has not been
coordinated either.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
