Iran comes for the settlement of the Karabakh issue, at which presidents and FMs of Armenia and Armenia will arrive, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki stated in the course of a news conference in Armenia. At that, in his words, the solution should be based on conditions acceptable to all parties to conflict. “The talks in Rambouillet evidence the parties have the political will to solve the issue. We hail that stand and we will help if we can. Our stand over Nagorno Karabakh is unchangeable – the issue should be settled peacefully,» Mottaki emphasized. In his turn Armenian FM V. Oskanian remarked, «The farther you go, the harder it is. It is impossible to solve the settlement issue at once. The Armenian and Azeri FMs will have another meeting in Washington in March, where a decision on further steps will be made.»
Head of the Armenian MFA also remarked any agreement should have not been expected from the Rambouillet talks. «However, it does not cast a shadow on previous achievements and it does not mean there will be no progress within a year. Taking into account the de facto situation, Nagorno Karabakh cannot step back in any circumstances. The NK issue has always been considered in the political plane, the legal plane forms a basis for making a political decision,» Oskanian remarked. As of statements of the Azeri party that the Armenian party left the talks before their completion, in Oskanian’s words it is absurd. «The President of Armenia was in Rambouillet for two days and he returned to Yerevan as scheduled,» he emphasized.
