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    TREND, Azerbiajan
    Dec 1 2006

    `Window of Possibilities' in Peaceful Negotiations over
    Nagorno-Karabakh Still Open: Armenian Foreign Minister

    Source: Trend
    Author: Trend

    01.12.2006

    Vardan Oskanyan, Armenia's Foreign Minister, has claimed in Yerevan
    today that `controversies concerning both principles of the peaceful
    agreement and its nuances still remain in the negotiations over the
    Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement', Trend reports.

    Mediamax News Agency reports that answering questions put by
    journalists during today's press conference in Yerevan, the Head of
    the Armenian Foreign Office pointed out that a `window of
    possibilities' for settling the Karabakh issue was likely to remain
    opened in 2007 as well.

    Mr. Oskanyan said that in the near future, the Armenian and
    Azerbaijani Presidents would give concrete instructions to their
    Foreign Ministers to continue the peaceful negotiations. `We can
    state, with confidence, that the process is not in a dead alley, said
    Mr. Oskanyan.

    Commenting upon the fact that officially Baku continues to call the
    observation of Azerbaijan's territorial integrity as the basis of the
    settlement process, and Yerevan's insistence on the right of the
    people of Nagorno-Karabakh on self-determination, Mr. Oskanyan
    claimed that `this issue could be settled only via a referendum that
    was pointed out in the document that both parties were discussing
    presently.

    According to the Armenian Minister, since both parties could not
    achieve a final agreement concerning the holding of the referendum,
    it is too early to speak about the details. At the same time, Mr.
    Oskanyan pointed out that `the referendum would be held on the
    territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, and only those people who had lived
    there or were still residing there would have the right to take part
    in it'.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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