PACE RAPPORTEUR ON KARABAKH NOT AWARE OF CONFLICT ESSENCE, OSCE MG
FORMER CO-CHAIRS SAID

07.04.2005 05:52

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Rapporteur
on Nagorno Karabakh David Atkinson is not aware of the essence of the
Nagorno Karabakh conflict, former OSCE Minsk Group Russian Co-Chair
Vladimir Kazimirov stated at discussions over the Nagorno Karabakh
issues held at Yerevan hotel. Kazimirov noted that he absolutely agrees
with statements that some Western analysts should study soviet laws
Nagorno Karabakh was guided by when seceding from Azerbaijani Soviet
Socialist Republic. «Unfortunately, David Atkinson did not know it,
he saw what lies on the surface – the presence of the Armenian armed
forces in territories far from Nagorno Karabakh, however he should
have traveled to Nagorno Karabakh at least once. “It evidences his
ignorance and incompetence,” the Russian diplomat stated. At that
he emphasized that things should be called by their proper names and
“the occupied territories remain occupied without any emotions.”

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