‘WAR WILL ONLY BRING NEW SUFFERING’
Steven Mann Assures

AZG Armenian Daily
15/03/2006

“Though the Rambouillet meeting did not give a desirable result,
negotiations over peaceful settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict
still carry on,” Azeri-Press news agency quoted US Minsk Group co-chair
Steven Mann as saying in Baku. Ruling out military settlement of the
dispute, Mann stated that the war will only bring new suffering and
producing no quick and lasting results.

“A side that views the war as a way out has to clearly understand its
outcomes, including the situation in the region and energy-related
issues,” Steven Mann said and added that it’s not the time for
speculating on the situation hinting at President Robert Kocharian’s
statement: “If talks prove unproductive, we’ll recognize Nagorno
Karabakh’s independence.”

The Minsk Group co-chair opined that neither side can get 100 percent
what it wants.