NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT MUST BE SOLVED THROUGH DIALOGUE – FM
by Kseniya Kaminskaya, Diana Rudakova

ITAR-TASS News Agency
May 29, 2006 Monday

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that the
settlement in the mostly Armenian populated Azerbaijani enclave of
Nagorno-Karabakh should proceed “in a dialogue with efforts of the
world community”.

“These efforts should be made within the framework of a peace
settlement,” Foreign Minister Lavrov noted. The sides have started
settling the conflict “and it is counterproductive to exert pressure
on them,” he added.

In reply to a query whether Russia has fulfilled its commitments on
the pullout of a peacekeeping contingent from the Dniester Region,
the foreign minister said “Russia has fulfilled its commitments to
the world community in the Dniester Region”.

However, according to the minister Chisinau “is not inclined to solve
the problem constructively, and has imposed an economic blockade”.

“We don’t support such measures by Chisinau,” the top Russian diplomat
emphasized.