ARMENIAN FM: KARABAKH PEACE TALKS AT CRITICAL POINT
Regnum, Russia
Aug. 29, 2006
"The Karabakh peace talks are at a critical point, and the
international community must do its best to bring Azerbaijan back into
constructive course for serious discussion of the principles that
are currently on the negotiating table," Armenian Foreign Minister
Vardan Oskanyan said while speaking at the Caspian Prospects 2008
congress in Bled, Slovenia.
Press office of the Armenian FM reports Oskanyan as saying that
Azerbaijan’s policy hinders the resolution of the Karabakh conflict,
especially, in the context of its statements about possible military
resolution and efforts to delay the peace process.
Oskanyan stressed the importance of Armenia’s cooperation with the
EU under the New Neighborhood Policy. He said that this program will
contribute to peace, stability and development in the region. The New
Neighborhood Policy is in harmony with Armenia’s program of reforms.
It clearly says in what directions the country should carry out its
economic and political reforms in the coming years. Oskanyan expressed
hope that the simultaneous implementation of the program in the three
South Caucasian countries will promote regional cooperation.