June 21, 2005 - 14:30 AMT
PRIMARY MATTER - STATUS OF NAGORNO KARABAKH
"In the negotiation process, each side has the right to talk about any subject. But when one side introduces or talks about a topic, any topic, that doesn't mean that the topic is automatically on the agenda, nor that there is any, even preliminary agreement on that topic", RA Foreign Ministry's Spokesman Hamlet Gasparian told when commenting on the information spread by the Azeri press that the issue of unblocking the roads was discussed by the Armenian and Azerbaijani FMs in Paris. In his words, Armenia's position on these matters is very clear. The primary matter is the status of Nagorno Karabakh, and until there is clarity and agreement on that matter, it is premature to speak about any other issue", IA Regnum reported.