ARMENIAN EXPERT: "THE RESOLUTION OF THE KARABAKH CONFLICT BY MID 2009 IS IMPOSSIBLE"

Today.Az
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Feb 10 2009
Azerbaijan

"The resolution of the Karabakh conflict by mid 2009 is impossible",
said Karen Bekaryan, chairman of the public organization "European
integration" at a press conference in the Novosti international press
center on Thursday.

Special representative of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on Nagorno
Karabakh issues Goran Lennmarker said during his visit to Armenia
that a great opportunity for the resolution of the Karabakh conflict
based on compromises appeared in 2009.

"Considering the opportunity to settle this conflict in mid 2009, it
should be noted that only 4-5 months are left before this term and I
am pessimistic that this issue can be settle in such short limits",
said Bekaryan.

He said it is impossible to coordinate principles of the resolution,
present them to public and get the response, which is a democratic
requirement.

He said there is another factor as such a post-conflict situation,
which could grow into a new conflict, cannot be admitted.

"Even under a great optimism about the agreement within a short period
of time, its publication, execution and transformation into a final
document will take time", said Bekaryan.