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COERSIVE METHODS OF CONFLICT SETTLEMENT HAVE NO PROSPECTS, ARMENIAN PRESIDENT STATES
ARKA
Sep 8, 2008
YEREVAN, September 8. /ARKA/. At his meeting with Goran Lenmarker,
Special Representative of the Chairman of the OSCE Parliamentary
Assembly for Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, RA President Serge Sargsyan
stated that any attempts to settle conflicts by force are dangerous
and have no prospects.
The sides discussed the situation in the South Caucasus,
Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, Armenian-Turkish relations.
"Armenia expects the relevant international agencies to respond to
the unprecedented build-up of armaments by some of the countries
in the region, as well as to regular militaristic statements," said
President Sargsyan.
Lenmarker pointed out that the latest developments in the region have
proved conflicts cannot be settled by means of force. It is only by
means of negotiations that real solutions can be found, he said.
Lenmarker expressed his appreciation of Armenia's policy in the region
and of the Armenian President's invitation to visit Yerevan addressed
to his Turkish counterpart.
It was not a simple decision in the context of the problems between
Armenia and Turkey, Lenmarker said. However, the Armenian President
showed reasonableness and made a decisive step, he said.
The RA President pointed out it was a hard to make, but necessary
decision, because any problem must be resolved by means of
negotiations.
0D "I have no illusions, but all the issues will be settled I a
short space of time, but I consider it right to launch the process,"
Sargsyan said.
Armenia and Turkey have no diplomatic relations, and the
Armenian-Turkish border was closed in 1993 on Turkey's initiative.
Turkey sets a number of preconditions for bilateral relations,
namely, Armenia's abandoning the policy of international recognition
of the Armenian Genocide and recognizing Turkey's present-day
borders. Besides, Turkey holds an overt pro-Azerbaijani position in
the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process.
ARKA
Sep 8, 2008
YEREVAN, September 8. /ARKA/. At his meeting with Goran Lenmarker,
Special Representative of the Chairman of the OSCE Parliamentary
Assembly for Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, RA President Serge Sargsyan
stated that any attempts to settle conflicts by force are dangerous
and have no prospects.
The sides discussed the situation in the South Caucasus,
Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, Armenian-Turkish relations.
"Armenia expects the relevant international agencies to respond to
the unprecedented build-up of armaments by some of the countries
in the region, as well as to regular militaristic statements," said
President Sargsyan.
Lenmarker pointed out that the latest developments in the region have
proved conflicts cannot be settled by means of force. It is only by
means of negotiations that real solutions can be found, he said.
Lenmarker expressed his appreciation of Armenia's policy in the region
and of the Armenian President's invitation to visit Yerevan addressed
to his Turkish counterpart.
It was not a simple decision in the context of the problems between
Armenia and Turkey, Lenmarker said. However, the Armenian President
showed reasonableness and made a decisive step, he said.
The RA President pointed out it was a hard to make, but necessary
decision, because any problem must be resolved by means of
negotiations.
0D "I have no illusions, but all the issues will be settled I a
short space of time, but I consider it right to launch the process,"
Sargsyan said.
Armenia and Turkey have no diplomatic relations, and the
Armenian-Turkish border was closed in 1993 on Turkey's initiative.
Turkey sets a number of preconditions for bilateral relations,
namely, Armenia's abandoning the policy of international recognition
of the Armenian Genocide and recognizing Turkey's present-day
borders. Besides, Turkey holds an overt pro-Azerbaijani position in
the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process.