No closed issues admissible in Karabakh peace talksSeptember 2, 2009 - 16:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Karabakh settlement is a complicated process, containing wrinkled moments. All variants under consideration allow for compromise, hence the result cannot be 100% acceptable for either of parties, NKR second President Arkasy Ghukasyan announced in Stepanakert. "The process still continues, and I am sure that we have all chances to reach our goals. There are all objective and subjective grounds for that," NKR ex-President stated.With regard to possibility of handing over territories, Ghukasyan said the issue has been circulating for 18 years, since Karabakh's gaining independence. "That will be a permanently discussed issue not to be avoided by any President. But if negotiations do not focus on the return of certain territories, Baku will declare of its intention to renounce talks. We in turn state that if NKR status is under consideration, negotiations will be conducted by us," a PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent quotes NKR ex-President as saying. RA second President Robert Kocharyan who is visiting Stepanakert refused to answer journalists' questions. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Police try to impede Armenian Church head’s access to war memorial Police tried to stop the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, from visiting a war memorial. Greece says ready to help as Armenia fights flooding consequences Greece is ready to assist Armenia in combatting the consequences of deadly floods in the country’s north. “He will leave”: Protest leader no longer demands meeting with Pashinyan Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan no longer demands a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. |