NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT IMNPOSSIBLE TO SETTLE BEFORE END OF 2008
14.06.2007,
07:03
“It is difficult and even impossible to expect the Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders to approve any document on the negotiating table before the end of 2008,” RPA Council member Armen Ashotyan said.
YEREVAN, June 13. /ARKA/. The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is impossible to settle before the end of 2008, the RPA Council member Armen Ashotyan told a press conference.
“It is difficult and even impossible to expect the Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders to approve any document on the negotiating table before the end of 2008,” he said.
Ashotyan pointed out that the postulates of Nagorno-Karabakh settlement for Armenia are the recognition of the Nagorno-Karabakh people’s right to self-determination, direct land communication between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, international guarantees against resumption of hostilities as well as further international humanitarian aid to Nagorno-Karabakh.
According to Ashotyan, the OSCE MG Co-Chairs too realize the impossibility of settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the near future.
“The negotiations for a peaceful settlement are purely diplomatic and are aimed at preventing undesirable developments,” Ashotyan said. P.T. –0—
“It is difficult and even impossible to expect the Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders to approve any document on the negotiating table before the end of 2008,” he said.
Ashotyan pointed out that the postulates of Nagorno-Karabakh settlement for Armenia are the recognition of the Nagorno-Karabakh people’s right to self-determination, direct land communication between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, international guarantees against resumption of hostilities as well as further international humanitarian aid to Nagorno-Karabakh.
According to Ashotyan, the OSCE MG Co-Chairs too realize the impossibility of settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the near future.
“The negotiations for a peaceful settlement are purely diplomatic and are aimed at preventing undesirable developments,” Ashotyan said. P.T. –0—