ArmInfo.The announcement by US Co-Chair of OSCE Minsk Group Richard Hoagland of six elements on the Karabakh settlement may indicate the desire of the United States to seize the initiative from Russia as the leading mediator in the Karabakh settlement and take a leading role in this process amid the crisis in relations between Moscow and Washington, the director of the Center for Globalization and Regional Cooperation Stepan Grigoryan expressed such an opinion during the conversation with ArmInfo correspondent.
"Hoagland's statement means that the United States has intensified in the process of the Karabakh settlement," the expert said, while not excluding the possibility that Hoagland's statement was agreed with the Russian and American mediators of OSCE Minsk Group. According to him, the co-chairs of the Minsk Group understand that the successful outcome of the upcoming meeting in October between the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan Edward Nalbandyan and Elmar Mamedyarov in New York is possible only if conditions that are acceptable to both sides are presented. "The goal of this meeting at the moment is the resumption of the negotiation process between the Armenian and Azerbaijani sides. The mediators also want to show the parties that there is an option that is convenient and acceptable for them. Thus, another and perhaps the main goal of Hoagland was to show that a peaceful settlement is possible and encourage the parties to resume the negotiation process, "the expert concluded.
ArmInfo.The statement of American co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group Richard Hoagland about the six points of the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict is not an ultimatum, press secretary of NKR president David Babayan said.
ArmInfo.The publication of the six principles for the settlement of Karabakh conflict by outgoing US co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group Richard Hoagland is in no way connected with yesterday's meeting of the Armenian and Russian leaders Serzh Sargsyan and Vladimir Putin and is not conditioned by the crisis in Russian-American relations. This opinion was expressed in the conversation with the correspondent of ArmInfo by the vice speaker of the Armenian parliament, press secretary of the ruling Republican Party Eduard Sharmazanov.
ArmInfo.Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbnadyan believes that the American co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Richard Hoagland did not say anything new on the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement.
ArmInfo.Richard Hoagland, US mediator in OSCE Minsk Group, unveiled the main elements of the Karabakh conflict settlement, the "Voice of America". According to the report, taking into account the complex history of the Karabakh conflict sides should in the future to fix its final legal status on the basis of consensus and legally binding expression of will. And before that territory within the administrative borders of the former Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous and not under the control of Baku must obtain a temporary status, which, at a minimum, provides guarantees of security and sovereignty.
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