It is time for parties to voice their final positions
"It is time for the parties to voice their final positions on the Basic Principles of the Karabakh conflict settlement. Let us wait to see what the talks will produce," Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said in Strasbourg when responding to an Azeri reporter.
"We have gone through a long process of negotiations. We have discussed scores of issues. The stances of the parties are clear," he told a briefing with CoE Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland.
"I am going to Kazan in high spirit and in anticipation of a constructive dialogue," he said.
Thorbjørn Jagland thanked Sargsyan for releasing the political prisoners in Armenia and initiating a political dialogue with the country's main opposition [Armenian National Congress].
Later in his speech Serzh Sargsyan noted that Karabakh has been and remains part of Europe.
Diana Markosyan
Strasbourg
