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AssA-Irada, Azerbaijan
June 22, 2010 Tuesday
GERMANY'S MERKEL VOWS TO AID GARABAGH SETTLEMENT
Chancellor Angela Merkel has said Germany intends to contribute to
finding solutions to the Armenia-Azerbaijan Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh
conflict, Russias state news agency ITAR-TASS quoted her as saying
after a meeting with Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian. "Where we can
help, we want to do it," Merkel told a joint press conference in
Berlin on Tuesday with Sarkisian, who is on his first official visit
to Germany. Merkel stressed that the settlement of the long-lasting
conflict is of great importance for the region. She also expressed
hope for improved relations between Armenia and Turkey, which have
been marred by decades of hostility. "We very much welcomed that the
Armenia-Turkey relations were in motion some time ago. Unfortunately,
now everything has once again lost momentum," she said. The Chancellor
added that the outstanding issues could be resolved in case the
Nagorno Garabagh problem is settled. Sarkisian opined that this
process could move forward only if there is goodwill. "We did not see
this faith on the Turkish side," he maintained. "Turkey's current
policy does not help to have our relations resumed.*
From: A. Papazian
June 22, 2010 Tuesday
GERMANY'S MERKEL VOWS TO AID GARABAGH SETTLEMENT
Chancellor Angela Merkel has said Germany intends to contribute to
finding solutions to the Armenia-Azerbaijan Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh
conflict, Russias state news agency ITAR-TASS quoted her as saying
after a meeting with Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian. "Where we can
help, we want to do it," Merkel told a joint press conference in
Berlin on Tuesday with Sarkisian, who is on his first official visit
to Germany. Merkel stressed that the settlement of the long-lasting
conflict is of great importance for the region. She also expressed
hope for improved relations between Armenia and Turkey, which have
been marred by decades of hostility. "We very much welcomed that the
Armenia-Turkey relations were in motion some time ago. Unfortunately,
now everything has once again lost momentum," she said. The Chancellor
added that the outstanding issues could be resolved in case the
Nagorno Garabagh problem is settled. Sarkisian opined that this
process could move forward only if there is goodwill. "We did not see
this faith on the Turkish side," he maintained. "Turkey's current
policy does not help to have our relations resumed.*
From: A. Papazian