Today in Shushi, amidst celebrations marking the 17th anniversary of the town's liberation, NKR President Bako Sahakyan told reporters that he had a chance to confer with President Sargsyan after his arrival from Prague regarding the recent round of Karabakh talks and that he saw no cause for undue concern. "Armenia, represented by President Sargsyan, is attempting to restore the decision of the Budapest Summit according to which the NKR must be a full-fledged party to the negotiations process," stated NKR president Bako Sahakyan to reporters at a press briefing in Shushi. President Sahakyan noted that the NKR was also raising this point of contention with the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs during meetings between the two sides. "As you see, they raise the necessity of this point in their statements. No one denied the fact and all understand that without the participation of the NKR we cannot accept any final resolution of the issue," underlined President Sahakyan. As to the point raised by French Minsk Group Co-chair Bernard Fassier regarding the participation of all Karabakh communities in the talks, President Sahakyan noted that this formula was deemed as unacceptable by the NKR government and that it had made its objection known to the co-chairs. As to possible principles for ongoing negotiations, President Sahakyan stated that three underlying principles had surfaced in the process - territorial integrity, a resolution of the conflict only by peaceful means, and NKR self-determination, even to the degree of the recognition of independence. "We are not opposed to a peaceful resolution of the conflict and state as much in all our pronouncements. Naturally, the main bone of contention is a territorial one. There exists a territorial integrity; the territorial integrity of the NKR. That's an issue between us and Azerbaijan. I believe that the quicker the political leadership backs away from bellicose statements the quicker we will come to a final settlement," stated the NKR head of state.