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KOCHARIAN FEELS MENACE

Politics

“No final solution in the settlement of the Karabakh conflict is possible before the presidential election of 2008,” RA President Robert Kocharian said today during a briefing with journalists.

He does not share mediators' optimism in view of the conflict resolution.

“We must confess that there is some progress in the negotiation process, but I’m not that optimistic to suggest that concrete results may be achieved before the presidential election. The negotiation process continues, which has both positive and negative sides,” the President said.

According to Mr. Kocharian, the document under discussion shows that the negotiation process has passed a certain way, but the militant statements of the Azeri leadership create the impression that the processes have nothing to do with each other.

“That is why the bases for optimism are not broad today. There are challenges, which we must take into consideration in our policy,” Robert Kocharian said.