Armenian President: “Peace Means to Solve Karabakh Conflict Not Exhausted”

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Serzh Sargsyan, Armenian President believes that the peace means to solve the Karabakh conflict has not been exhausted yet.

“The first meeting with the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev made an impression upon me that the peace means to solve the Karabakh conflict has not been exhausted yet,” the Armenian President stated in the news-conference on 21 June, Novosty-Armenia reported.

On 7 June, the first meeting between the Armenian and Azerbaijani President was held in St.Petersburg.

According to the Armenian President, Aliyev is to continue the negotiations. Sargsyan stated that the Karabakh conflict can be settled through negotiations.

Commenting Azerbaijan’s dissatisfaction over the activity of the OSCE Minsk Group, Sargsyan said that “we will be calm until Azerbaijan criticizes the activity by the Minsk Group”. According to Sargsyan, Azerbaijan uses ruse in order the mediators to soften their positions or to meet country’s demands. “This is Azerbaijanis business, I do not believe that this will promote peace negotiation process,” the Armenian President said.

Sargsyan proposed to continue the negotiations on the ground of the Madrid proposals, and believes that the current format of the OSCE Minsk Group can promote success.

At the same time the Armenian President stated that the Presidents and Defence Ministers of the both countries should consider that the military actions can starts ever until no peace agreement has been achieved. 

According to Sargsyan, the efforts have been taking to reach agreement and the Armenian Armed Forces is the powerful factor. The Armenian President said that he would allocate the necessary funds to develop the army.

Source: news.trendaz.com/index.shtml?show=news&newsid=1252144&lang=EN

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