NKR participation in talks inevitable, Minister says

PanARMENIAN.Net - On February 28, during a visit to the U.S., Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Georgy Petrosyan delivered a report at the event dedicated to the Karabakh problem, organized in the American Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).

The NKR Foreign Minister presented the stance of the Karabakh leadership concerning the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict. At the same time, he underlined the necessity and inevitability of the NKR's direct participation in the negotiations for the conflict settlement. The Minister noted that the international community should be tougher on Azerbaijan’s military rhetoric which badly hinders the negotiation process. After his speech, Georgy Petrosyan answered the questions of those present – experts of different analytical centers of the USA.

Afterwards, the Head of the NKR Foreign Office held a meeting with Co-Chairman of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issue Frank Pallone. During the meeting, Georgy Petrosyan thanked the Congressman for his constant support to Artsakh. NKR Permanent Representative to the U.S. Robert Avetisyan also attended the meeting.

The same evening, the Minister made a speech at the U.S. Congress at the event in commemoration of the victims of the Armenian pogroms in Sumgait and Baku. In his speech, the Head of the NKR Foreign Office noted that Armenians all over the world expect from the international community a strict condemnation of the crimes committed in Sumgait, Baku and other Azerbaijani settlements.

Congressmen Frank Pallone, Anna Eshoo, Eliot Engel, Jackie Spier and Brad Sherman, RA Ambassador to the U.S. Tatul Margaryan and others spoke at the event. They condemned the massacre of the Armenians in Sumgait and expressed readiness to continue their efforts directed to a fair solution of the Karabakh problem, NKR MFA Press Service reported.