April 18, 2006 - 18:58 AMT
Oskanian: Today Baku Has Understanding towards Karabakh Right to Self-Determination
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs and Armenian and Azeri Presidents discuss prospects of organizing Kocharian-Aliyev new meeting, Armenian FM Vartan Oskanian stated in Yerevan today. In his words, speaking of a specific date of the meeting is early.

A meeting of the Presidents will be justified only if mediators' visits to the region are productive. There will be no sense in the meeting, if no changes are registered in the situation in the talks that was formed in Rambouillet,» the Armenian Minister said.

«Today as never the Azeri party has understanding of the rights of Nagorno Karabakh people's right to self-determination, though Azerbaijan is creating obstacles to that,» Oskanian remarked

The Armenian FM said he considers speaking of return of any territories is early. «As of the issue of return of refugees, it has a bilateral character and its solution should be adequate to all parties,» Oskanian remarked, reports Mediamax.