ZATULIN: KARABAKH RESOLUTION PACKAGE ENVISAGING NKR RECOGNITION AND RETURN OF 7 REGIONS DEVELOPED LONG AGO

PanARMENIAN.Net
23.10.2008 19:28 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The situation in the Caucasus has considerably
changed. Russia has broken relations with Georgia, one of the five
states of the region, Konstantin Zatulin, Russian Duma member and
director of Institute of CIS Studies said during Yerevan-Moscow TV
space bridge.

"We understand that with the hope to resolve the Karabakh problem in
favor of Yerevan, the Armenian authorities used to strain Karabakh’s
aspiration to develop relations with Abkhazia and South Ossetia,"
he said, adding that Russia wants to see both Armenia and Azerbaijan
mitigate positions on the issue in order to avoid the Georgian
scenario," he said.

"The situation at the contact line between the Karabakh and Azeri
armed forces tensed during the war in South Ossetia," he said.

"At that I should mention that a resolution package envisaging NKR
recognition and return of 7 regions was developed long ago. The most
important thing to do now is to prevent any kind of violence in the
region and interference of third states, which want to re-open the
wounds," the Russian politician said.