KARABAKH ISSUE TO BE DECIDED THROUGH ARMENIAN-AZERI AGREEMENT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Yesterday in Paris Russian and French presidents Vladimir Putin and Jacques Chirac discussed issues connected with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Chechen conflict, as well as the relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan within the context of the Nagorno Karabakh problem. As Jacques Chirac stated at a joint press conference upon the completion of the negotiations, the Nagorno Karabakh issue should be decided on the basis of mutual agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan. In his words, Russia and France have "common positions" on these problems. As reported by "Arminfo" agency, it is important that that the French president, as well as his Russian counterpart, did not mention the principle of territorial integrity when speaking of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. Meanwhile, the need to apply the principle of territorial integrity was stressed regarding the settlement of the Chechen confrontation.