ARMENIA NOT TO SIGN ANY DOCUMENT WITHOUT NAGORNO-KARABAKH REPUBLIC CONSENTJuly 16, 2002 - 21:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia will not sign any document on Nagorno-Karabakh settlement without Nagorno-Karabakh Republic's consent. Armenian foreign minister Vardan Oskanian has stated that in his interview with "Azg" newspaper. He noted for last 10 years, Nagorno-Karabakh had never been left out of the negotiation process. The OSCE Minsk group co-chairs visits to Nagorno-Karabakh within the framework of the regional visits and joint consultations are the evidence of that. The Armenian foreign minister stated in the course of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement this and next years, many things would depend on the Azerbaijan's position. The Armenian president Robert Kocharian's pessimism regarding that question mainly relates to the Baku's position, recent statements of the Azeri party and especially to unlikely facts recently presented by the Azeri president, he also noted. There is no Armenian or Azeri variant of "the Paris principles", there is only one variant- the Key West one, Oskanian noted. "At present, we are ready to continues the talks on the basis of "the Paris principles", to make serious progress and to achieve the final settlement of the issue not making it dependent on other issues", the Armenian minister noted. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC Ameriabank received the awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations. Armenian Economy Minister to make trip to UAE May 20-22 A delegation led by Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan will travel to the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi on May 20-22 Armenian PM sends condolences to Iran Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a message of condolence to the Supreme Leader Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Armenia, Turkey discuss restoration of historic bridge The meeting took place on May 17 in Ashgabat on the sidelines of an international conference of ministers of culture. |