OUTCOMES OF KARABAKH STATUS REFERENDUM NOT PREDETERMINED, ICG SAYS

PanARMENIAN.Net
24.12.2007 16:16 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "The outcomes of referendum on Nagorno Karabakh’s
status are not predetermined.

Azerbaijan will have the opportunity to offer full-fledged citizenship
to Armenians of Karabakh," said Sabine Freizer, the International
Crisis Group Director of the Europe Program.

"It’s premature to speak of referendum results unless troops are
withdrawn and refugees return to their homes," she said.

"The situation in Karabakh will clear up when refugees come back to
their homes, an interim administration is formed, rule of law and
human rights are secured.

Anyway, irrelative of the outcomes of the referendum, owing to the
geographical peculiarities of the region, all residents of Karabakh
will have to keep in contact with Azerbaijan for the glory of the
region," Ms. Freizer said, Day.az reports.