James Warlick emphasizes talks over final status of Nagorno-Karabakh (video)
The U.S. Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group does not rule out that Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev might meet in the near future. “I think the two presidents will have an opportunity to meet in the near future. I think we can arrange the meeting any time, when the two presidents express readiness to meet,” James Warlick said on Tuesday during a meeting with reporters in Yerevan. The U.S. diplomat says determination of the status [of Nagorno Karabakh] is one of the most important issues of the negotiation process. “It can cause different interpretations, but we are talking about the final version, about a referendum,” he stressed. James Warlick welcomes Aliyev’s decision to start discussions on the status of Nagorno Karabakh. “We should all commend [the move] and start a frank discussion to determine Karabakh's future status. The positions of the two sides may not coincide but it is important to present the issue to the people of both countries. We welcome Aliyev’s statement not because it was a final word, but because he made the issue a topic of discussion,” he said.
