MOSCOW: KARABAKH PROCESS FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES SHOULD BE COORDINATED IN SHORTEST TERMS

PanARMENIAN.Net
04.07.2006 17:22 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ As the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chair state Russia is
actively assisting in the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict,
but is against imposing recipes for conflict settlement on the sides,
Russian Deputy FM Grigory Karasin said. "We stand against imposing of
any recipes from outside. The responsibility for the final decision
should lie on Armenians and Azeris," Karasin said in an interview
published in Region+ Azeri magazine. In Karasin’s words, Russia will
support a variant that will prove admissible for the conflicting
parties.

"In our opinion, the decision should bring back stability and peace to
the Transcaucasus. It will help to maintain the geopolitical balance
of forces and avoid transformation of the region into a field for
international political and military rivalry," the Russian diplomat
said. Karasin also added that during the recent year Armenia and
Azerbaijan advanced on the way to the settlement of the Nagorno
Karabakh conflict.

At the same time he remarked that "the issues remaining on the
agenda are as complicated as the conflict itself and it’s time to
proceed from talks to decisions and demonstration of political will
in order to coordinate the fundamental principles and open the way
for long-lasting peace."