ARMENIAN FM: KARABAKH SETTLEMENT MAY ONLY BE BASED ON COMPROMISES

PanARMENIAN.Net - "In spite no progress is registered in the course of the talks between the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Kazan, the Armenian party positively evaluates its outcomes," Armenian FM Vartan Oskanian stated. In his words, the conflict settlement may only be based on compromises. The Armenian Minister emphasized that the Kocharian-Aliyev meeting paves way for further talks at the level of the FMs. "I suppose the Azeri party positively evaluates the outcomes of the Kazan meeting as well," the Armenian FM hoped. V. Oskanian noted that his recurrent meeting with Azeri FM Elmar Mammadyarov is possible soon, as well as a visit of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs to the conflict region. At the same time he did not specify the date of those events. The Armenian FM did not link the negotiation process with either the coming parliamentary election in Azerbaijan or the referendum over the Constitution in Armenia. "These processes will take place in our countries this year and the talks have not produced an outcome that could be registered on paper. Thus, I do not see a direct relation in the time in this case," he noted. It should be noted that the Kocharian-Aliyev meeting in Kazan was devoted to the peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict. OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs, representing Russia, US and France were present at the meeting, reported IA Regnum.