May 20, 2005 - 12:10 AMT
RETURN OF SEVEN REGIONS SHOULD BE DECIDED BY KARABAKH EXCLUSIVELY
All the issues referring to the territories under Karabakh's control should be regulated on the basis of decisions made by the people of the NKR and its elected authorities", NKR Foreign Minister Arman Melikian stated when commenting on the statement by Azeri FM Elmar Mamedyarov, who said that Armenia agreed to abandon seven Azeri regions, IA Regnum reported. In Melikian's words, "it is not desirable for anyone to cherish illusions about this issue". "The statements by the Azeri FM can create false idea about the actual frames of the negotiations", he added.