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Jan 29 2011
Six major principles were picked from Madrid proposals, Armenian FM says
January 29, 2011 | 06:24
Negotiations on Karabakh are held within the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair
states, all of them issued statements, resolutions and decisions
during those three years that are in line with Armenia's position,
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said in an interview with
Russia Today.
`It is about 3 principles and 6 main elements on the settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh issue. The negotiations are currently conducted on
the basis of the Madrid proposals that were presented to the sides
back in November 2007. The six major principles were picked from the
Madrid proposals and voiced in the statements of Presidents Medvedev,
Obama and Sarkozy on Nagorno-Karabakh in L'Aquila and Muskoka in the
frameworks of the G8 Summits. What are the international community,
international mediators, Armenia and Azerbaijan saying? The
international community through the mediators is saying that that the
issue should be settled on the basis of the three principles and six
elements,' he stressed.
There are the principles of non-use of force or threat of force, right
to self-determination and territorial integrity.
`The international community is saying that the parties are to conduct
negotiations based on those principles to reach settlement. And it is
underlined that those 3 principles and 6 elements have been conceived
and proposed as an integrated whole, and it is unacceptable to select
some elements or principles over the others,' he said, adding that
Armenia fully shares world community's approach that the principles
are conceived as an integrated whole.
`And what is Azerbaijan saying? Azerbaijan is saying that they accept
only one principle out of the three, as for the six elements they are
saying that they will be ready to hold a discussion on the five other
elements after the implementation of one of them. With regard to this,
at the OSCE Summit in Astana the US Secretary of State, on behalf of
the Minsk Group Co-Chairs stated, once again reminding that those
principles and elements have been conceived as an integrated whole
,it is a package. And we should move forwards towards the settlement
of the issue on the basis of it,' Nalbandian stressed.
`In those elements, proposed by Russia, the United States and France
it is mentioned that the final status of Nagorno-Karabakh should be
decided by the Nagorno-Karabakh people through free expression of will
that should have a legally binding force. And before that final
decision, Nagorno-Karabakh should have an interim status. What does
the interim status mean? Saying interim status, it is supposed that
the final status has not yet been defined. And it is one of the main
elements proposed by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group as a basis
for the settlement,' Armenian FM said.
From: A. Papazian
Jan 29 2011
Six major principles were picked from Madrid proposals, Armenian FM says
January 29, 2011 | 06:24
Negotiations on Karabakh are held within the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair
states, all of them issued statements, resolutions and decisions
during those three years that are in line with Armenia's position,
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said in an interview with
Russia Today.
`It is about 3 principles and 6 main elements on the settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh issue. The negotiations are currently conducted on
the basis of the Madrid proposals that were presented to the sides
back in November 2007. The six major principles were picked from the
Madrid proposals and voiced in the statements of Presidents Medvedev,
Obama and Sarkozy on Nagorno-Karabakh in L'Aquila and Muskoka in the
frameworks of the G8 Summits. What are the international community,
international mediators, Armenia and Azerbaijan saying? The
international community through the mediators is saying that that the
issue should be settled on the basis of the three principles and six
elements,' he stressed.
There are the principles of non-use of force or threat of force, right
to self-determination and territorial integrity.
`The international community is saying that the parties are to conduct
negotiations based on those principles to reach settlement. And it is
underlined that those 3 principles and 6 elements have been conceived
and proposed as an integrated whole, and it is unacceptable to select
some elements or principles over the others,' he said, adding that
Armenia fully shares world community's approach that the principles
are conceived as an integrated whole.
`And what is Azerbaijan saying? Azerbaijan is saying that they accept
only one principle out of the three, as for the six elements they are
saying that they will be ready to hold a discussion on the five other
elements after the implementation of one of them. With regard to this,
at the OSCE Summit in Astana the US Secretary of State, on behalf of
the Minsk Group Co-Chairs stated, once again reminding that those
principles and elements have been conceived as an integrated whole
,it is a package. And we should move forwards towards the settlement
of the issue on the basis of it,' Nalbandian stressed.
`In those elements, proposed by Russia, the United States and France
it is mentioned that the final status of Nagorno-Karabakh should be
decided by the Nagorno-Karabakh people through free expression of will
that should have a legally binding force. And before that final
decision, Nagorno-Karabakh should have an interim status. What does
the interim status mean? Saying interim status, it is supposed that
the final status has not yet been defined. And it is one of the main
elements proposed by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group as a basis
for the settlement,' Armenian FM said.
From: A. Papazian