RPA member says Kazan meeting not complete failure

 June 27, 2011 - 14:27 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - A member of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) commented on Kazan- hosted Armenia-Russia-Azerbaijan presidential meeting on Karabakh.

As Rafik Petrosyan told a news conference in Armenia, “it wasn’t a breakthrough meeting, yet not a complete failure either. Both before and after the meeting, Azeri side showed restraint, as the leaders of OSCE MG co-chairing states urged the sides to come to an agreement.”

“The international community realizes it’s time Karabakh became involved in negotiations,” he said, specifically noting that in a phone conversation with Armenian President, U.S. President Obama stressed the factor of Armenian, Azerbaijani and Karabakh societies as well. “Unfortunately, President Aliyev will not yield its position, only agreeing to Karabakh autonomy as a part of Azerbaijan. In current circumstances, the international community should put more pressure on Azerbaijan,” Petrosyan said.

The June 24 meeting between Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia completed without an agreement on basic principles of Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement. The parties stated the progress on the way to this goal, the statement on the Kazan summit results runs. “The countries’ leaders registered mutual understanding on a range of problems, the resolution of which boosts creation of conditions for approving main principles,” according to the statement. It is also said in the document that the meeting participants considered the course of works carried out with the aim of coordination of the project with basic principles.