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Tigran Sarkisyan: â€œConcessions in the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict will not divide Armeniaâ€

14 January 2009 15:25 (UTC +04:00)

Both said it was the best format and they supported the Minsk Groupâ€™s activityâ€, said Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisyan in his interview with Interfax, APA reports. He said US officials thought that there was mutual understanding between the Minsk Group co-chairs. â€œCondoleezza Rice said she talked with her Russian counterpart about the Minsk Groupâ€™s activity and they reached full understanding on this issue. It means that all the United States, Russia and France consider this format more effective and acceptable. We agree with these evaluations because it coincides with our viewsâ€.

Tigran Sarkisyan said he didnâ€™t believe that possible concessions to be made by them in the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict would lead to dividing Armenia. â€œOur position is that any decision should be acceptable for Nagorno Karabakh at first. If the concessions donâ€™t meet interests of Nagorno Karabakh people, we will not accept theseâ€.

Tigran Sarkisyan said talks on normalization of relations with Turkey were going on usefully. â€œThere is a significant progress in the Turkish-Armenian relations. Armenia is interested in peaceful neighborhood relations with the neighbor countries, including Turkey and Azerbaijan. Regarding the opening borders, it will not be a problem, if political and economic relations are normalized with the neighbor countries.