RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT COMMITTEE ON CIS DID NOT ADD NAGORNO-KARABAKH TO ITS AGENDA DELIBERATELY: COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN

Trend News Agency
March 14 2008
Azerbaijan

Russian, Moscow, 14 March / corr. TrendNews R. Agayev/ The Committee
of Russian parliament on CIS and for the Work with Compatriots who
held hearings in the parliament on the settlement of the conflicts
in CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) and on appeals made
to Russia to recognize the independence of Abkhazia, South Ossetia
and the Trans-Dniester Region did not add Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
into its agenda deliberately. The chairman of the Committee Aleksey
Ostrovskiy said.

According to Russian MP, the decision of the Committee not to include
Nagorno-Karabakh to its agenda is attributed to the fact that Russia
sees a number of tendencies positive enough to solve the conflict by
Azerbaijan and Armenia.

Aleksey Ostrovskiy is sure that, unfortunately, Russia can assist
in solving the conflict only in case Baku and Yerevan wish so
and are prepared to find a compromise settlement. The chairman of
the Committee of Russian parliament on CIS and for the Work with
Compatriots stated that Russia unambiguously supports territorial
integrity of all counties.