CHIRAC MAINTAINS INTEREST TO KARABAKH SETTLEMENT, ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAID

French president Jacques Chirac is ready to show initiative for making progress in settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. As reported by “Mediamax” agency, Armenian foreign minister Vardan Oskanian stated in Paris upon the completion of the working visit of the Armenian delegation to France. Commenting on the July 16 meeting of the presidents of Armenia and France, the minister noted, “Jacques Chirac did not lose interest towards settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.” “Moreover, he is ready to make every effort to solve the problem in short terms,” – V. Oskanian said. In his words, the French president told Robert Kocharian that he systematically discussed the Karabakh problem with the Russian and US leadership.