VLADIMIR ZAKHAROV: ABSENCE OF KARABAKH SIGNATURE ON MOSCOW DECLARATION AROUSES INDIGNATION

PanARMENIAN.Net
17.11.2008 15:34 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Adoption of a declaration on the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict should have been a more balanced and considered step,
a Russian expert said.

"The declaration contains a number of vague provisions," Vladimir
Zakharov, the head of the Center of Caucasus Studies at Moscow State
Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), told a PanARMENIAN.Net
reporter.

"On the one hand, the declaration seems to be a positive step. On
the other hand, absence of Karabakh signature on the document arouses
indignation. Nagorno Karabakh is a state which should be treated in
a proper way. Besides, all should remember that it’s the opposition
between Karabakh and Azerbaijan but not between Azerbaijan and
Armenia," he said, adding that it’s unreal to announce the date of
final resolution of the conflict.