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Baku Twice Tried to Solve Karabakh Issue by Force,
Third Attempt Will Be the Last

11.03.2006 21:26 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian FM Vartan Oskanian ruled
out the military option of settlement of the Nagorno
Karabakh conflict. The Minister stated it in an
interview with Shant TV Company. In his words,
proposals on compromise settlement of the issue are on
the bargaining table today. Baku should understand
that the issue does not have another option of
settlement, Oskanian said. The military option is
ruled out, he added: «the Azeri party cannot frighten
Armenia or change its position.» The Armenian FM
remarked that at the moment Azerbaijan is not ready to
war. «If the Azeri party does not risk attaining a
settlement of the Karabakh issue by compromise, it
will never assume the risk of solving the issue by
force,» Oskanian said. He reminded that Baku had tried
to solve the issue by force twice. «The third attempt
will be the last one,» Vartan Oskanian remarked. «In
case of resumption of hostilities and a negative
outcome for Azerbaijan, its losses will be
considerable,» he added. «Billions were invested in
that country and these will become victims,» Oskanian
remarked. Thus, today no one will let unleashing a war
today easily, the Armenian FM said.