Vardan Oskanyan: "Minsk group of OSCE wishes to achieve at least an oral agreement on the Garabagh conflict because personae may change in the negotiation process"

The statement was made by the Foreign Minister of Armenia Vardan Oskanyan.

He said the next president will have a right not to accept the document and the co-chairman strive to create obstacles for new persons to decline it.

"Another possibility is that the co-chairmen may also change and there are some signs of it. Thus, everyone would benefit from the certain recognition of the document and from existence of any basis for continuation of talks", V.Oskanyan said.

He considers it necessary to ensure the continuation of the current process.

"I am confident that it will come to life, as a good foundation has been laid. From the diplomatic point of view, our positions are quite strong and it is necessary to continue the settlement process on this basis. If we leave what has been achieved and try to start from the beginning, we will give new opportunities to Azerbaijan", V.Oskanyan noted.

He said it is inadmissible.

"International community will not allow this, as much efforts have been put and talks on the said document have been conducted for already two years", the Armenian Foreign Minister said.

He noted that Armenia had never achieved such a progress in talks, as Azerbaijan refused to speak on the political status of Nagorno Garabagh, considering the return of territories and problems of refugees the main issue.

"The ice broke up in this sense. Today the political status of Nagorno Garabagh is a key issue, the rest are bound to it. Thus, it is a fair basis for continuation of the process and if we deviate from it, it will do harm to the negotiation process.

The co-chairmen and international circles are well aware of it", Armenian Foreign Minister noted.

/Day.Az/