No Atkinson Theses In Lenmarker’s Report?

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21-03-2005

The Azerbaijanis have done everything for the Atkinson theses to be
included in the report of OSCE special representative Goran Lenmarker
in prejudice of Armenia, be there have been no serious results,
NA deputy speaker Vahan Hovhannisyan and delegate Samvel Nikoyan
claimed today. In the NA there were summing up the results of the
meetings in Brussels on March 17-18.

Vahan Hovhannisyan informed that they have managed to make Mr.
Lenmarker understand that “the most important and urgent problem is
that of Karabakh’s status, and the other problems put forward by the
Azerbaijanis are secondary”. No details of the Lenmarker report were
made public. The final variant of the report will be represented in
June in Washington during the annual meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary
Assembly.

During the press conference today Vahan Hovhannisyan also announced
that Armenia has “serious historical chance” to take the first place
in the regional cooperation field. The NA deputy speaker meant the
program “New Neighbors”. But for that purpose, according to him,
internal improvements are also needed.

By the way, in Brussels in this context the problem of the
possible Armenian-Azerbaijani cooperation has been discussed. The
Azerbaijanis said that it is possible only after settling the Karabakh
conflict. According to Vahan Hovhannisyan, they have insisted on the
regional cooperation not to be connected with the Karabakh conflict,
and the Europeans have agreed with them.