Russia ready to become guarantor of accords on Nagorno-Karabakh

ITAR-TASS News Agency
July 15, 2006 Saturday 05:17 PM EST

ST PETERSBURG, July 16 — Russia is ready to become a guarantor of
implementing agreements on Nagorno Karabakh by Armenia and Azerbaijan,
Russian President Vladimir Putin told a news conference on Sunday.

"The two countries should reach a compromise and Russia together
with its partners is ready to become a guarantor of implementing the
agreements," he said.

Putin recalled that "most G8 countries try to help settle the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to a certain degree," he said. French
President Jacques Chirac and U.S. President George W. Bush are actively
engaged in this process, he said.

"We want Armenia and Azerbaijan find a reasonable decision. We will
not impose our decision on them," he said

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress