Noyan Tapan News Agency, Armenia
Dec 1 2006
ALEXANDER ARZUMANIAN: NOT COMPROMISES, BUT VERY SERIOUS CONCESSIONS
OF ONE SIDE ARE SPOKEN ABOUT TODAY
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 30, NOYAN TAPAN. Since 1998, for eight years
running, the negotiations around the Nagorno Karabakh problem have
been proceeding in the form of visits of Minsk Group Co-chairs to the
region who presented documents coordinated between them to the sides.
Former RA Foreign Minister Alexander Arzumanian gave assurance at the
December 1 press conference. He said that according to information in
Armenian and foreign press, Armenia and Azerbaijan have come to an
ageement on the document put into circulation lately. In
A.Arzumanian’s words, the document’s essence is the following:
withdrawal of Armenian troops from seven occupied regions, return of
Azerbaijani refugees to places of their former residence and "some
referendum, at that, it is not clear what it is, when it will be held
and in what territory."
"Being for compromises I consider that today we speak not about
compromises, but only about very serious concessions of one side,"
A.Arzumanian declared. In his words, over the past eight years the
Armenian authorities have been conducting and continue to conduct
incompetent home and foreign policy. Armenia’s positions at
international instances, in his words, have weakened, while
Azerbaijan "has achieved many chings."
"Today the statements and actions of the Armenian authorities do not
correspond to each other," A.Arzumanian said. In his words, today not
the country of Armenia, but a certain group of people representing
the power negotiates with this or that country. And the Armenian
public, as A.Arzumanian said, does not receive reliable and
full-value information about the negotiations.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
