Armenia expects Russia to retract statement on Garabagh
The Armenian government is seeking a retraction from Moscow
following a statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokesman
that the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict is being discussed as part of
Turkey-Armenia reconciliation talks.
Armеniа Today news agency quoted Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian as saying that Andrei Nesterenko was a professional diplomat but this time he committed "an omission."
"Andrei Nesterenko made a mistake, it happens. I suggest we wait for a refutation from the Russian Foreign Ministry, which probably won’t take long."
Nalbandian claimed that the Turkey-Armenia rapprochement has no bearing to the process of settling the Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh conflict.
"Nesterenko’s statement runs counter to the statements being made by the Russian foreign minister, as well as those made by Russia jointly with the other co-chair countries of the [mediating] OSCE Minsk Group - the United States and France," Nalbandian claimed, adding that those statements have repeatedly ruled out a link between Garabagh settlement and Ankara-Yerevan normalization.*
Armеniа Today news agency quoted Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian as saying that Andrei Nesterenko was a professional diplomat but this time he committed "an omission."
"Andrei Nesterenko made a mistake, it happens. I suggest we wait for a refutation from the Russian Foreign Ministry, which probably won’t take long."
Nalbandian claimed that the Turkey-Armenia rapprochement has no bearing to the process of settling the Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh conflict.
"Nesterenko’s statement runs counter to the statements being made by the Russian foreign minister, as well as those made by Russia jointly with the other co-chair countries of the [mediating] OSCE Minsk Group - the United States and France," Nalbandian claimed, adding that those statements have repeatedly ruled out a link between Garabagh settlement and Ankara-Yerevan normalization.*
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