DARTMOUTH DIALOGUE PARTICIPANTS MENTION NECESSITY OF NAGORNO KARABAKH PARTICIPATION IN NEGOTIATION PROCESS

Noyan Tapan
Jan 18 2007

YEREVAN, JANUARY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. The Co-Chairmen of the Dartmouth
Conference working group for regional conflicts addressed, on behalf
of the dialogue participants concerning the Nagorno Karabakh issue,
to the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmen within the framework of the
all-embracing peaceful process where all the interested sides must
be involved, with a request to assure the Armenian and Azerbaijani
heads in the necessity of solving all the problems.

An anxiety is expressed in the letter relating to the fact that the
society is not enough informed about the contents of the official
negotiations. "The possibility of arising of a dangerous negative
reaction by the society is great in these conditions," is said in
the letter.

It is also mentioned that the agreement which must be reached during
the negotiations must have strong basis only in the case if the mutual
enmity is overcome among the peoples of the region.

The dialogue participants propose a conception of a many-level process
of gradual establishment of peaceful relations which is presented in
the document under the title "Draft Framework Agreement on Peaceful
Process."

An anxiety is expressed in the letter relating to exclusion of Nagorno
Karabakh representatives from the negotiation process, absence of
clearness concerning the date and mechanism of holding the referendum
on the final status of Nagorno Karabakh, concerning the issues being
put on the referendum and the participants’ staff as well.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress