Armenian foreign minister expects refutation from Russia
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19 Nov 2009 14:10 ]
Yerevan – APA. Armenian foreign ministry demanded official refutation of statement by the director of information and press department of Russian Foreign Ministry Andrei Nesterenko, APA reports quoting ArmToday site.
Armenian foreign minister Edward Nalbandian called Nesterenko’s idea about the discussion of Nagorno Karabakh conflict in the negotiation between Ankara and Yerevan as misunderstanding. “Andrei Nesterenko made mistake, everybody can do it. I recommend you to expect refutation from the Russian foreign ministry. Probably it will not take much time. I know Andrei Nesterenko as a professional of his work, but he made mistake this time. I stress again that Armenian-Turkish process has no relation to the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict. Nesterenko’s statements are contradictory to the statements by the Russian foreign minister and other co-chairs of OSCE Minsk Group. Those statements said for many times that there is no relation between the Turkish-Armenian relations and Nagorno Karabakh conflict. Therefore I think that following that it needs to expect for statements proving my words”.
Answering the question of APA’s correspondent, Andrei Nesterenko said at a press conference in Moscow that “Turkish-Armenian normalization is an attempt of two countries, which experienced unpleasant periods at one time, to normalize the relations”. He said they knew that Nagorno Karabakh issue was raised at the negotiations between Ankara and Yerevan. “It seems these comprehensive issues are taken into consideration in the process”. Nesterenko said they hoped that these issues would be solved within the decisions passed by the international organizations and would meet the interests of all regional countries.