May 26, 2005 - 12:19 AMT
DECISIONS OVER 7 TERRITORIES CANNOT BE MADE WITHOUT NKR PEOPLE CONSENT
The only grounds head of the Azeri Foreign Ministry Elmar Mamedyarov had is the policy pursued by the Azeri party that aims at showing that Armenia fully controls the territories mentioned. Apparently, it is not so. This was stated by NKR Foreign Minister Arman Melikian, when he spoke of the grounds Mamedyarov had for a statement over "return of the 7 regions by the Armenian party." In his words, they do it due to purely political considerations. The control over the territories is an affair of the NKR authorities and decisions over the territories cannot be made without the consent of the Karabakh people. Thus any calls, statements the Azeri party makes on the territories and withdrawal of the Armenian forces are still something desired but not real, the NKR FM stated, Regnum news agency reported.