October 27, 2004 - 23:53 AMT
YEREVAN CONSIDERS QUESTION OF KARABAKH STATUS PRIORITY AT TALKS
"Whatever wishes or states Azerbaijan, we have said many times and we confirm again that in the course of the talks Armenia considers the question of Nagorno Karabakh status to be priority." Armenian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hamlet Gasparian stated it, when commenting on the statement of head of Azeri Foreign Ministry Elmar Mamedyarov that latest talks on Nagorno Karabakh focus on "liberation" of 7 Azeri regions. In the Spokesman's words, all other issues are derivative, and Armenia considers them exclusively within the context of Nagorno Karabakh future status. As of the interruption of talks, both Presidents have agreed on it to have time to familiarize themselves with the issues raised, H. Gasparian stated.