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18 June 2002 - 18:52 AMT

CORRIDOR THROUGH MEGHRI WAS NEVER DISCUSSED AT NEGOTIATIONS, ARMENIAN PRESIDENT STATED

Armenian President Robert Kocharian called not corresponding to the reality the statements made by Azerbaijani leader Heydar Aliyev about an agreement allegedly reached in Paris on passing the Meghri region to the sovereignty of Azerbaijan and the Lachin corridor to the sovereignty of Armenia correspondingly. The sovereign corridor between Nagorno Karabakh and Armenia was at the point, but regarding Meghri – it was always access to communications solely, Robert Kocharian noted at the meeting with journalists today. At the same time, the Armenian President refused to make public the content of “the Parisian principles.” “We have certain arrangements with the OSCE Minsk Group. I do not think that proceeding from the momentary situation the country President should cast doubt or expose to threat the relations with the mediators,” – Robert Kocharian stressed. In the Armenian President’s words, the latest statements of the Azeri leader will not have any significance for the expected Kocharian-Aliyev new meeting. “Undoubtedly, we should meet and negotiate, although, of course, we should not create unpleasant moments for each other – especially based on information not corresponding to the reality,” – Kocharian noted.