NAGORNO-KARABAKH REFUSES TO ACCEPT THE CONFLICT RESOLUTION ACCORD SUGGESTED BY BRYZA OF THE OSCE MG
Translated by A. Ignatkin

Source: Turan news agency (Baku), June 24, 2006
Agency WPS
DEFENSE and SECURITY (Russia)
June 28, 2006 Wednesday

RFE/RL quoted Vagram Atanesjan of the "parliament" of Nagorno-Karabakh
as calling "unacceptable" terms of the conflict resolution accord
suggested by Matthew Bryza, American representative in the OSCE
Minsk Group. As far as Atanesjan is concerned, the document promotes
interests of Azerbaijan and is actually an attempt to put Armenia under
pressure. Commenting on the framework accord, Press Secretary of the
Armenian Foreign Ministry Vladimir Karapetjan said that official
Yerevan views the matter of the status of Nagorno-Karabakh as a
priority. "Proposals concerning Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution
constitute an integral whole, they cannot be considered separately,"
he said.

President of Armenia Robert Kocharjan in his turn announced that his
country was still involved in the negotiations. "Armenia was ready to
accept the document mediators had come up with for the latest summit
in Bucharest. Azerbaijan, however, found it unacceptable. The talks
will therefore continue," Kocharjan said addressing the summit of
the CIS Collective Security Treaty Organization in Minsk.

These are the fundamental provisions of the framework accord aired
by Bryza:

– Armenian troops are withdrawn from the territory of Azerbaijan;

– Armenia and Azerbaijan normalize their economic and diplomatic
contacts;

– Peacekeepers are deployed in the conflict area;

– International economic aid is made available to the sides of the
conflict;

– Referendum on the status of Nagorno-Karabakh is organized.