UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY UNABLE TO SETTLE THE KARABAKH CONFLICT
By A. Haroutiunian

AZG Armenian Daily
01/03/2007

UN General Assembly is unable to settle the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,
Azerbaijani mass media report the words of Yuri Merzliakov, Russian
Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group. This statement mostly refers to the
spring session discussion of the GUAM initiative on local conflicts
in the post-Soviet area.

The Russian diplomat stated that although the Minsk Group has been
long involved in the Karabakh peace process, the UN General Assembly
can have only consultative function in this issue. To Merzliakov’s
opinion UN’s interference in the Karabakh conflict would imply halting
the negotiations.

Referring to the question of returning Azeri refugees to the region,
Merzliakov said that realization of that plan immediately after the
endorsement of the peace agreement will be no good. An article on
the refugees will be compulsorily included in the peace agreement,
but a lot of work is to be done until the resettlement process can
be started.

Bringing as an example the events in the Balkans, Merzliakov said
that realization of similar actions in Karabakh would have a tragic
result, which can suit neither the sides of the conflict nor the OSCE
Minsk Group.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress