Azerbaijan and Armenia Were Closer to Peace In Summer 2005

PanARMENIAN.Net
07.07.2006 13:16 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "Last year the International Crisis Group organized
two reports on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. The first report titled
"Nagorno Karabakh.

New glance at conflict" tells about the current situation in Nagorno
Karabakh and surrounding territories as well as the living conditions
of forced migrants living in Azerbaijan. The second one titled "Nagorno
Karabakh. A plan for peace" is mostly dedicated to the negotiation
process. It contains some recommendations to the governments of
Armenia, Azerbaijan, de facto NKR government and international
organizations," ICG Caucasus project director Sabine Freizer stated.

In her words, the plan of peaceful settlement stated in the second
report was close to the contents of the plan negotiated with the
mediation of the OSCE Minsk Group. "As it can be seen from the
statement made by the Co-chairs on June 22 in Vienna at the sitting
of the OSCE Permanent Council it maintains the principles being
negotiated," Freizer said.

Rating the situation as critical, Ms. Freizer said that in summer 2005
Azerbaijan and Armenia were much closer for achieving peace in the
Nagorno Karabakh conflict. "Before the Rambouillet meeting there was a
bigger hope for peace, start of withdrawal of the Armenian forces from
the seized territories and return of the Azeri displaced persons to
their homes in mid 2006 or early 2007. Now this hope is vague while
the mediators announced of their intention to stop activities for
some period," she said, reported Azeri-Press.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress