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Foreign Minister: Armenia is not going to recognize independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia

13 September 2008 09:22 (UTC +04:00)

Tbilisi â€“APA. Armenia is not going to recognize independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, said Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian at the joint briefing with the Georgian Foreign Minister Eka Tkeshelashvili on September 12 in Tbilisi, APA quotes News Georgia.
The Armenian minister said that Armenia didnâ€™t recognize Nagorno Karabakh, Kosovo and other bodies who desired independence and noted that he was hopeful that international efforts would result with the peaceful solutions to the conflicts. â€œWe are interested in soonest solution to the conflicts in Georgia not only for that Armenia receives 70 per cent of products and goods via Georgian territory, but for that long history tied us as wellâ€.

Nalbandian said currently they were negotiating the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyanâ€™s visit to Georgia.