Official Yerevan Hopes for Positive Results of Armenian-Azerbaijani Presidential Meeting
04.06.2008,
22:31
The RA Foreign Office hopes for positive results of the upcoming meeting between Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents Serge Sargsyan and Ilkham Aliyev, stated RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan.
YEREVAN, June 4. /ARKA/. The RA Foreign Office hopes for positive results of the upcoming meeting between Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents Serge Sargsyan and Ilkham Aliyev, stated RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan.
“It is the way it must be. Otherwise, a strange situation will develop, and the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmen will have to make certain conclusions,” the Minister told a news conference.
The Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders are to meet in Saint Petersburg on June 6. It will be the first meeting after Serge Sargsyan’s election as RA President.
Minister Nalbandyan pointed out the necessity for avoiding steps that would torpedo a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on the threshold of this important meeting. He reported that, after their meeting, the two countries’ Presidents are likely to instruct the Foreign Ministers to continue the negotiations.
It is a statement on further negotiations that will be a positive result of the meeting. Nothing more should be expected after the first meeting, the Minister said.
Nalbandyan also reported that, at a news conference held jointly with RF Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the sides stressed the necessity for a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Since 1992, negotiations for the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict have been conducted within the OSCE Minsk Group co-chaired by the USA, Russia and France. –0--
“It is the way it must be. Otherwise, a strange situation will develop, and the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmen will have to make certain conclusions,” the Minister told a news conference.
The Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders are to meet in Saint Petersburg on June 6. It will be the first meeting after Serge Sargsyan’s election as RA President.
Minister Nalbandyan pointed out the necessity for avoiding steps that would torpedo a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on the threshold of this important meeting. He reported that, after their meeting, the two countries’ Presidents are likely to instruct the Foreign Ministers to continue the negotiations.
It is a statement on further negotiations that will be a positive result of the meeting. Nothing more should be expected after the first meeting, the Minister said.
Nalbandyan also reported that, at a news conference held jointly with RF Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the sides stressed the necessity for a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Since 1992, negotiations for the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict have been conducted within the OSCE Minsk Group co-chaired by the USA, Russia and France. –0--
