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NAGORNO-KARABAKH STATUS IS PRIORITIZED
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[06:05 pm] 05 June, 2007
The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel
Angel Moratinos arrived in Yerevan from Baku today. Mr Moratinos
congratulated the Armenian nation and the RA Minister of Foreign
Affairs Vardan Oskanyan with the 12 May Parliamentary elections. "The
elections guarantee that the upcoming presidential elections will
be conducted in the same way". As to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
settlement, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office repeated what he had said
in Baku:
"The OSCE stands ready to assist in conflict resolution. We encourage
intensive mediation efforts by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs that had
brought Azerbaijan and Armenia closer to a framework agreement on the
basic principles for the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict". Mr Miguel Angel Moratinos did not speak about the details
of the principles. He only noted that he saw the responsibility of
settling the dispute in a peaceful manner both in Armenia and in Baku.
The foreign journalists, accompanying the OSCE Chairman-in-Office,
asked the RA Minister of Foreign Affairs about the vital issues of the
settlement: "I should remind you that the conflict was initiated by
Azerbaijan; thus, we should focus on the status of the Nagorno-Karabakh
problem. Nothing can be discussed without the enhancement of this
issue in the document", answered Vardan Oskanyan.
Mr Moratinos and Vardan Oskanyan expressed hope that Kocharyan-Aliev
meeting due on 9 June in St. Petersburg would be conducted in the
atmosphere of mutual compromise and an additional progress would
be registered in that matter which would give grounds to solve the
problem sooner. The RA Minister of Foreign Affairs answered to all
questions of Armenian and Spanish journalists.
The OSCE Chairman-in-Office is to meet the President of
Nagorno-Karabakh after the meeting with the RA authorities in Yerevan.
A1+
[06:05 pm] 05 June, 2007
The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel
Angel Moratinos arrived in Yerevan from Baku today. Mr Moratinos
congratulated the Armenian nation and the RA Minister of Foreign
Affairs Vardan Oskanyan with the 12 May Parliamentary elections. "The
elections guarantee that the upcoming presidential elections will
be conducted in the same way". As to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
settlement, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office repeated what he had said
in Baku:
"The OSCE stands ready to assist in conflict resolution. We encourage
intensive mediation efforts by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs that had
brought Azerbaijan and Armenia closer to a framework agreement on the
basic principles for the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict". Mr Miguel Angel Moratinos did not speak about the details
of the principles. He only noted that he saw the responsibility of
settling the dispute in a peaceful manner both in Armenia and in Baku.
The foreign journalists, accompanying the OSCE Chairman-in-Office,
asked the RA Minister of Foreign Affairs about the vital issues of the
settlement: "I should remind you that the conflict was initiated by
Azerbaijan; thus, we should focus on the status of the Nagorno-Karabakh
problem. Nothing can be discussed without the enhancement of this
issue in the document", answered Vardan Oskanyan.
Mr Moratinos and Vardan Oskanyan expressed hope that Kocharyan-Aliev
meeting due on 9 June in St. Petersburg would be conducted in the
atmosphere of mutual compromise and an additional progress would
be registered in that matter which would give grounds to solve the
problem sooner. The RA Minister of Foreign Affairs answered to all
questions of Armenian and Spanish journalists.
The OSCE Chairman-in-Office is to meet the President of
Nagorno-Karabakh after the meeting with the RA authorities in Yerevan.