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Edward Nalbandian: â€œI am not against the tripartite meeting of the foreign ministers in New Yorkâ€

19 September 2008 10:03 (UTC +04:00)

Speaking about the OSCE Minsk Group US Co-Chair Mathhew Bryzaâ€™s idea that â€œTurkey can assist Armenia to show more flexible positionâ€, Nalbandian said that the co-chair made a mistake. â€œProbably he intended to say Azerbaijan, but not Armenia. Both Turkish and Azerbaijani leaderships used the phrase of â€œOne nation and two statesâ€ for many times. I think idea of Turkeyâ€™s influence on Armenia was inflatedâ€.
Edward Nalbandian said he was not against the tripartite meeting with his Turkish and Azerbaijani counterparts in New York. â€œWe reached agreement for this meeting with the Turkish foreign minister Ali Babacan in Yerevan on September 6. Mr. Babacan suggested tripartite meeting. I was not against itâ€.
The Armenian foreign minister noted that there were good grounds for the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict. â€œThese grounds can create good opportunities for the regional cooperation between all countriesâ€. Noting that OSCE Minsk Groupâ€™s format justified itself, Nalbandian said this format was supported by the international community. â€œNegotiations toward the settlement of the conflict are going on. The negotiations are going within the previous format and on the basis of previous proposals of the Minks Groupâ€™.