YEREVAN, JULY 3, NOYAN TAPAN. Issues relating to the negotiations process of the Nagorno Karabakh settlement were discussed at the July 2 meeting in Yerevan between OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Foreign Minister of Greece Dora Bakoyannis and President of the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh Bako Sahakian. As Bako Sahakian informed journalists at the end of the meeting, the Karabakh side addressed proposals to the Chairperson-in-Office, listened to her views on the negotiations process and issues raised by the NKR authorities. Answering the question "How do you estimate the efforts of Armenia in the direction of the Nagorno Karabakh settlement?", the NKR President mentioned that at the moment, the authorities of Armenia, in particular, the Foreign Ministry, do their best to first of all restore the real format of the negotiations process, that is, participation of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic in the negotiations process. "Only after restoration of that format, we may expect a serious progress in the negotiations process," the NKR President said. The Karabakh side asked the Chairperson-in-Office to use their competences in the direction of restoring that format. B. Sahakian mentioned on the occasion of the ceasefire violation cases by Azerbaijan that during the previous meeting with the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, the NKR presented two proposals: to increase the observation group's technical means and to move back the snipers. The issue was raised at this meeting as well. On the occasion of the Armenian servicemen's appearing on the Azerbaijan side, Bako Sahakian mentioned: "We consider it necessary that the military and political authorities of Azerbaijan express proper attitude and do not politize similar cases," and the NKR authorities take measures to decrease the number of such cases and to fully eradicate them. The NKR President's main expectation from the regular meeting of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Moscow, in July is that "sooner or later, the Azeri leadership ceases the policy conducted by it and presents itself from more constructive positions." The NKR President considers absurd the viewpoint expressed by the Azeri side on granting autonomy to Nagorno Karabakh.

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