Germany`s Merkel vows to aid Garabagh settlement
Chancellor Angela Merkel has said Germany intends to contribute
to finding solutions to the Armenia-Azerbaijan Upper (Nagorno)
Garabagh conflict, Russia’s state news agency ITAR-TASS quoted her
as saying after a meeting with Armenian President Serzh
Sarkisian.
"Where we can help, we want to do it," Merkel told a joint press
conference in Berlin on Tuesday with Sarkisian, who is on his first
official visit to Germany.
Merkel stressed that the settlement of the long-lasting conflict is
of great importance for the region.
She also expressed hope for improved relations between Armenia and
Turkey, which have been marred by decades of hostility.
"We very much welcomed that the Armenia-Turkey relations were in
motion some time ago. Unfortunately, now everything has once again
lost momentum," she said.
The Chancellor added that the outstanding issues could be resolved
"in case the Nagorno Garabagh problem is settled".
Sarkisian opined that this process could move forward "only if
there is goodwill".
"We did not see this faith on the Turkish side," he maintained.
"Turkey's current policy does not help to have our relations
resumed."*
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