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10 February 2004 - 16:06 AMT

ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER DOES NOT EXPECT KARABAKH CONFLICT TO BE SETTLED SOON

Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia, Defense Minister Serge Sargsian does not expect the Nagorno Karabakh conflict to be settled soon, he told journalists in Yerevan today. Especially since President Ilham Aliyev recently said he was not going to hurry to solve the issue and intends to deal with it in a calm atmosphere, the minister said. “It is a very correct and positive step, and we should help him in it in every way possible,” S. Sargsian noted.