ARMENIA TO SUPPORT NKR TO PARTICIPATE IN NEGOTIATIONS ON KARABAKH CONFLICT SETTLEMENT
30.06.2007,
05:03
Armenia’s Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian said during the press-conference in Yerevan that he is ready to support the future president of the NKR in negotiations on Karabakh conflict settlement.
YEREVAN, June 29. /ARKA/. Armenia’s Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian said that he is ready to support the future president of the NKR in negotiations on Karabakh conflict settlement.
“I am sure that the future president of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic will be able in a short period to get acquainted with the situation in the negotiation process and if necessary participate in the discussions,” he said during the press-conference in Yerevan.
The presidential elections of the NKR will be held on July 19. At present the CEC of the NKR recorded five presidential candidates – Bako Sahakyan (Head of the NKR National Security Service), Masis Mailyan (NKR Deputy Foreign Minister), Armen Abgaryan (NKR National Assembly MP), Vanya Avanesyan (Lecturer in Artsakh State University) and Hrant Melkumyan (candidate of the NKR Communist Party).
Karabakh conflict broke out in 1988, when Nagorno-Karabakh populated by Armenians declared secession from Azerbaijan.
On December 10, 1991, just a few days before the collapse of the Soviet Union, a referendum was conducted in Nagorno-Karabakh with the presence of international observers. At this referendum, 99.89% of population voted for independence.
Responding to that, Azerbaijan launched a large-scale war against Nagorno-Karabakh. The military offensives were stopped after a cease-fire agreement was signed in May 12, 1994. The agreement is observed now as well, and talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan are under way.
Starting from 1992 negotiations on the peaceful settlement of the conflict have being held within the OSCE Minsk Group, the Co-Chairs of which are the USA, Russia and France. L.M. –0--
“I am sure that the future president of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic will be able in a short period to get acquainted with the situation in the negotiation process and if necessary participate in the discussions,” he said during the press-conference in Yerevan.
The presidential elections of the NKR will be held on July 19. At present the CEC of the NKR recorded five presidential candidates – Bako Sahakyan (Head of the NKR National Security Service), Masis Mailyan (NKR Deputy Foreign Minister), Armen Abgaryan (NKR National Assembly MP), Vanya Avanesyan (Lecturer in Artsakh State University) and Hrant Melkumyan (candidate of the NKR Communist Party).
Karabakh conflict broke out in 1988, when Nagorno-Karabakh populated by Armenians declared secession from Azerbaijan.
On December 10, 1991, just a few days before the collapse of the Soviet Union, a referendum was conducted in Nagorno-Karabakh with the presence of international observers. At this referendum, 99.89% of population voted for independence.
Responding to that, Azerbaijan launched a large-scale war against Nagorno-Karabakh. The military offensives were stopped after a cease-fire agreement was signed in May 12, 1994. The agreement is observed now as well, and talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan are under way.
Starting from 1992 negotiations on the peaceful settlement of the conflict have being held within the OSCE Minsk Group, the Co-Chairs of which are the USA, Russia and France. L.M. –0--
