“I consider speaking of the 7 territories or moving troops today meaningless,” Nagorno Karabakh Foreign Minister Arman Melikian stated. In his words, there are no agreements either over that issue or principles. “Thus, I suppose Mr. Merzlyakov shows certain optimism in his statements. However, we should be realists. There is no progress made over issue in question – the talks. I will return to the problem again: Azerbaijan and Armenia, as well as the OSCE MG Co-Chairs take part in the talks still. Nagorno Karabakh is not included in the negotiations directly. “One will be able to speak of final decisions, when the Nagorno Karabakh Republic takes part in the talks and presents its stand to the public, the mediators and the interested parties,” the NKR FM stated, Regnum news agency.