NKR FOREIGN MINISTER NAMES AZERBAIJAN "A TOTALITARIAN STATE"

PanARMENIAN.Net - 30.01.2001, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. The Foreign Minister of NKR Naira Melkumian said at a press conference in Stepanakert that the accession of Armenia and Azerbaijan to the Council of Europe will positively influence the Karabakh settlement process, "as Azerbaijan has also to admit the priority of human and peoples' rights".

As the correspondent of Mediamax reports from Stepanakert, Melkumian named Azerbaijan's accession to CE a great concession by the world community because Azerbaijan is still " a totalitarian state". Official Baku hasn't changed its attitude towards the Karabakh conflict settlement, Minister thinks, and President Aliyev confirmed this during his recent visit to France.

Naira Melkumian called to resume the talks, and didn't exclude the possibility of war resumption if the political status of Nagorno Karabakh is not specified.

As regards the work of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen, Naira Melkumian said the intermediaries didn't have any new proposals yet. At the same time, the Minister stressed, the mediators understand that the conflict resolution would be very difficult without the participation and consent of Nagorno Karabakh .--0--