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KAZIMIROV: BAKU WILL HAVE TO AMEND STATEMENTS ON SOLUTION OF CONFLICT BY
FORCE

09.06.2005 04:59

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ One cannot even approach the stepwise settlement of the
Nagorno Karabakh conflict Azerbaijan stands up for without reliable
commitments of the parties to resist the temptation of using force, stated
former Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Vladimir Kazimirov, Day.az reported.
In his words, only a large dose of naivete may allow any of the parties to
count at resumption of hostilities from more favorable positions. Both
material guarantees in the conflict zone (demilitarization of the regions
being liberated, etc.) and inclusion of weighty international guarantors.
`One should not think Armenia will return the 7 regions situated around
Nagorno Karabakh without serious guarantees by Azerbaijan, as well as
superpowers and international organizations. First of all Azerbaijan will
have to amend its public statements over deciding the issue by force. In
their turn Armenians should give up the attitude of `liberated territories’
that is based on power and is fallacious in its essence,’ Kazimirov summed
up.