Ghoukassian Hopes for Karabakh Participation in Talks Be Possible Soon

PanARMENIAN.Net - Nagorno Karabakh has to be optimistic regarding settlement of the conflict, NKR President, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the NKR Armed Forces Arkady Ghoukassian told journalists Monday upon completion of planned troop exercises in NK. «We have to be optimistic, as if we lose faith in the talks, war will be the alternative, which is undesirable both to us and Azerbaijan. Naturally, we are interested in continuation of the talks,» he said.



«As for the outcomes, today it makes no sense speaking of these, as the arrangement may be adopted when all items are agreed upon. This is not the case yet. The more frequently Armenian and Azeri FMs meet, the better as each meeting is a new chance to agree over items, over which there is no consensus still,» the NKR President said. «We noted many times that the Nagorno Karabakh conflict cannot be solved without NKR participation,» he said. Ghoukassian underscored that the stance of the Karabakh party «has not changed and will not change.» «We will not give up our independence,» he said, reports Novosti-Armenia.