Tigran Torosyan: "Matthew Bryza is often cunning when speaking of principles of the co-chairs' proposals"

Official Yerevan welcomes the fact that the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs have formed their proposals on basis of two principles: territorial integrity and self-determination through the last 2.5-3 years, said Tigran Torosyan, speaker of Armenia's National Assembly.

"A referendum in Nagorno Karabakh to involve residents of Nagorno Karabakh, including those Azerbaijanis, who had resided there before the well-known events and who will return there, has been proposed on the last named principle", said he.

The speaker expressed confidence that the conflict can be settled only in the framework of international law.

As for the negative moments, he said one of the co-chairs Matthew Bryza, is often cunning when speaking of principles of the co-chairs' proposals.

"I know that this behavior goes beyond not only all bounds of the co-chairs mandate, which is fixed in the due document, but also the elementary respect to those who are not familiar with these principles".

He noted that when speaking for Azerbaijanis Matthew Bryza often mentions only the territorial integrity as if only this principle is applied.

"There is another example. Though militaristic rhetorics, deep hatred and violation of the trilateral agreement on ceasefire are the biggest obstacles on the way of the conflict settlement, the co-chairs announcements on this issue are always addressless",the spokesman said and added that despite the existent dissatisfaction, changes in the platform and format of the conflict settlement lack prospects and will further linger the settlement process.

/Day.Az/