ATTEMPT TO SOLVE KARABAKH ISSUE BY FORCE MAY RESULT IN INTERNATIONAL ISOLATION
PanARMENIAN.Net
25.05.2006 15:08 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Russia’s stand is that Azerbaijan and Armenia should
agree over the option of settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict
between themselves.
An attempt to solve the conflict by force by any party can result in
international isolation, Head of the Russian MFA Fourth Department
Andrey Kelin told Azeri journalists when touching upon the Karabakh
conflict.
In his opinion, the Karabakh and Abkhaz conflict are
different. “Abkhazia was de facto established as an independent
formation and cannot join Georgia, while Karabakh is another matter,”
Andrey Kelin said, refraining from answering the question on the
status of Karabakh.
A columnist of the Zerkalo Baku-based newspaper writes that Azerbaijan
should hardly delude itself over Russia’s stand on Karabakh. “It
should be taken into account that the international community is ready
to support any option of settlement of the NK conflict, including
that not taking into account the territorial integrity principle,”
the edition writes.