SABINA FRAZER: "INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WILL NOT RECOGNIZE NAGORNO KARABAKH REFERENDUM"

Today, Azerbaijan
Nov 28 2006

International Crisis Group does not intend to publish new reports,
because no improvement has been made concerning the situation.

Project director of the International Crisis Group on the Caucasian
region Sabina Frazer told the APA Georgian bureau that the group
would prepare a report concerning the situation on the region in 2007.

Estimating Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents’ meeting to be held
within CIS head of states’ summit in Minsk Sabina Frazer said she
does not believe important decision will be taken on the settlement
of the conflict.

"Presidents Aliyev and Kocharian are not resolute in compromising.

They have not prepared the society for the possible compromises. If
the problem improves as far as the agreement of principles, the
presidents will have to explain the essence of agreement elements
and the necessity of compromise to the public," she said.

Sabina Frazer said the statements of both presidents on the conflict
do not harm the talks.

"Both parties have different interpretation on the history of Nagorno
Karabakh, but I do not think the different views are important.

International community recognizes Nagorno Karabakh as part of
Azerbaijan, but the talks include the refugees’ conditions, economic
cooperation and other details," she said.

Touching upon the referendum to be held in the occupied Azerbaijani
territories on December 10, Sabina Frazer said that analogous steps
are very popular in the Post Soviet countries.

"These may be the results of referendum in Montenegro. But there is
no resemblance between the situation there and conflicts in the Post
Soviet countries. Because Serbia said in advance that it will recognize
the referendum results. So it is clear that international community
will not recognize the results of Nagorno Karabakh referendum,"
Sabina Frazer said.

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