LEADER OF AZERI PARTY SAYS PRINCIPLES OF KARABAKH CONFLICT SETLEMENT ARE ALREADY AGREED UPON IN PARIS

PanARMENIAN.Net - YEREVAN, March 10. /Mediamax/. Chairman of Azeri "National Congress" party Ikhtiyar Shirin spoke with a statement saying that Presidents Robert Kocharian and Heydar Aliyev agreed in Paris upon the principles of Karabakh dispute settlement, Azeri Bilik Dunyasi agency reported.

Referring to reliable sources, Shirin says that in accord with these principles Nagorno Karabakh gets the status of an independent state, formally connected with Azerbaijan, but without being included in Azerbaijan's territory. Azerbaijan will also lose more than 70 settlements in Nagorno Karabakh. In accord with these principles, the OSCE Minsk Group will prepare the agreement project and submit it to the leaders of the two countries.

Authors of this statement have demanded of the Azeri authorities to publicize the principles of Karabakh conflict settlement, which were agreed upon at the meetings in Paris. --0--