IT IS WIDELY BELIEVED THAT OCCUPIED TERRITORIES SURROUNDING NAGORNO-KARABAKH SHOULD BE RETURNED TO AZERBAIJAN: RUSSIAN EXPERT

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Nov 13 2009
Azerbaijan

"Russia believes that settlement of any conflict in the Caucasus
contributes to the resolution of all conflicts in the region, in
particular, the Nagorno Karabakh conflict," Director General of
Russia-based Effective Policy Fund Kiril Tanayev said.

"From an optimistic viewpoint, all frozen conflicts will one day be
resolved. It is wrong to expect everything to be resolved "in a few
days." I think it is widely believed that territories surrounding
Nagorno-Karabakh should be returned to Azerbaijan, and a resolution
will be achieved at some point," he added.

Tanayev also commented on recent media reports claiming that Turkey
may become OSCE Minsk Group co-chair.

"I think this is some kind of analytical speculation. Any change
in format of the negotiations involves not only the opinion of
mediators countries, but, above all, countries that are parties to
the negotiations, namely, Azerbaijan and Armenia. I think on any
changes to format of the negotiations depends on positions of these
countries," Tanayev noted.