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Minsk Group Co-Chairs Disagree With Azerbaijan’s Position On Nagorno

MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS DISAGREE WITH AZERBAIJAN’S POSITION ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH

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15:54 ~U 12.03.10

After the unanimous vote on Kosovo’s independence, Azerbaijan became
more careful and began to insist that the Nagorno-Karabakh (NKR)
conflict must be resolved only on the basis of territorial integrity,
which, however, the Minsk Group co-chairs are against, said OSCE
Minsk Group co-chair Bernard Fassier during the NATO Parliamentary
Assembly Rose-Roth Seminar taking place in Yerevan.

According to Fassier, it would be easier to reach a settlement on
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict if the two societies lived together
harmoniously.

Discussing the history and developments of the negotiating process,
Fassier said that, at first, an attempt was being made to find a
solution which would allow Nagorno-Karabakh to be registered under
Azerbaijani control. Afterwards, the co-chairs strived to find a
solution in which Nagorno-Karabakh wouldn’t be part of Azerbaijani
territory, but a solution, nevertheless, that would be acceptable
for Azerbaijan.

"However, over all these years, we were unable to resolve the
Nagorno-Karabakh issue," said Fassier, noting that since the
above-mentioned options were unacceptable for both sides, in 2007,
the Madrid Principles were born, with three fundamental principles:
territorial integrity, self-determination of peoples, and not
applying force.

Fassier confirmed reports that Armenian Foreign Minister Edward
Nalbandian will meet with the Minsk Group co-chairs on March 16
in Paris.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS
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