FROZEN CONFLICTS THAW CALAMITY FOR SOUTH CAUCASUS
PanARMENIAN.Net
03.11.2008 15:12 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The status quo in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is
not static. The recent events in Georgia proved that it’s not secure
either, International Alert’s current Secretary General Dan Smith
during an Armenian-Azeri conference in Brussels.
"Thaw of frozen conflicts would be a calamity for the South Caucasus
states. War is a defeat of both sides," he said. "Not only people
but also communications and pipelines vital for region suffer in
armed conflicts."
"The goal of International Alert is to prevent armed conflicts in the
Caucasus, what is possible though a dialog between publics of Armenia,
Azerbaijan and Nagorno Karabakh," he added.
For his part, Phil Champain, Director of Programs (Asia and Eurasia),
said that the Georgian clashes proved the need to intensify talks
on Karabakh.