LAST WORD IS AFTER PRESIDENTS
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[02:41 pm] 20 April, 2007
"OSCE Minsk group Co-Chairs’ last proposals related to Nagorno Karabakh
conflict resolution can be submitted to the presidents of Armenia
and Azerbaijan," RA Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian informed mass
media representatives at today’s press conference.
According to Vartan Oskanian, endorsing or rejecting the proposals is
beyond the competency of the two foreign ministers. The final outcome
will be obvious after the presidents study the Co-Chairs’ proposals.
The Co-Chairs made these proposals on their own initiative.
At OSCE session Vartan Oskanian announced that the two sides have never
ever been so close concerning the conflict resolution main approaches.
The Minsk group Co-Chairs will meet with the Armenian and Azeri
Foreign Ministers before the upcoming parliamentary elections in
Armenia. The meeting of the two presidents is foreseen after the
elections. On the whole, Mr. Oskanian is of positive opinion about
the meeting with his Azeri counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov.
During the press conference the Foreign Minister of Lithuania shared
his opinion about the negotiations on the Karabakh conflict. He
said that the issue should be settled peacefully and through
negotiations. In his opinion all the countries in the world face
problems.
To the question whether the U.S. State Department has recovered its
mistake, i.e. not including Karabakh as an Azeri territory in its
annual report, Mr. Oskanian responded that he had been informed about
elimination of the mistake was however he hadn’t seen it.
RA FM Vartan Oskanian is convinced that the U.S. State Department
will keep its promise.