LITHUANIAN PRESIDENT HOPES FOR COMPROMISE ON KARABAKH IN NEAR FUTURE
PanARMENIAN.Net
18.06.2007 17:37 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "We stand for deeper EU involvement in the South
Caucasus region with respect to most urgent issues. First of all, this
concerns the settlement of the so-called frozen conflicts. Within this
context, we would consider that an international peacekeeping element
could also become an essential part of conflict resolution. With
regard to Nagorno Karabakh, we hope that a compromise will be reached
as soon as possible," Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus said.
"The Lithuanian parliament has recently approved the possibility to
deploy our peacekeepers in South Caucasus and we are ready to do so
when such a wish is expressed by the sides," he said
"We also support the need to attract more attention by the
international community as well as by the UN to the current "frozen"
status of the resolution of conflicts in the GUAM area, considering
international involvement as one of the main impetuses to the peaceful
and real resolution of those conflicts," he said.
"We consider the direct dialogue between the parties of conflicts to
be an essential prerequisite to solutions – especially with regard
to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict where the final solution might be
reached only through an Armenian-Azerbaijani compromise acceptable
to both sides.
The ENP Action Plan – although not directly aimed at conflict
resolution – could have a long lasting effect on conflict issues
through its successful implementation based on political, social,
and economical reforms," Mr Adamkus said, Trend reports.