NAGORNO-KARABAKH SETTLEMENT REQUIRES NECESSARY PUBLIC ATMOSPHERE

Arka News Agency, Armenia
Feb 7 2007

YEREVAN, February 7. /ARKA/. The settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict requires the formation of a necessary public atmosphere Head
of the Foreign Relations Commission, RA Parliament, Armen Rustamyan
stated at a meeting with a delegation of the OSCE Parliamentary
Assembly led by Chairman Horan Lenmarker.

The Public Relations Department, RA Parliament, reports that
Rustamyan pointed out an important role of international structures
and parliamentary organizations in settling the conflict. He said that
it is not only the contents of the proposed solutions, but also the
formation of a necessary public atmosphere, namely, how the authorities
are preparing the countries’ public for compromises, that is important.

Rustamyan also stressed that the EU policy envisages open borders
and societies, free trade. Therefore, the conflicts can be settled
on condition of cooperation, particularly parliamentary and economic
cooperation.

In his turn, Lenmarker pointed out the necessity of intensifying the
dialogue between countries, stressing the importance of parliamentary
diplomacy and development of interparliamentary elections.