COORDINATED ELEMENT OF KARABAKH PROBLEM CONCERNS RETURN OF 5 DISTRICTS: BAKU MEDIA
YEREVAN, JULY 15. ARMINFO. The issue for returning to Azerbaijan 5
districts of the territories controlled by Nagorno Karabakh Republic
has been agreed on and will no longer be discussed by OSCE Minsk Group,
Day.az reports APA as learning from diplomatic sources.
When Russian OSCE MG co-chair Yuri Merzlyakov said that “only one
element of the peace talks has been agreed on” he meant the above
issue. In APA May 12 report the source says that Armenia has agreed
to withdraw its troops stage by stage from the areas around NKR.
The source says that “the plan of phased withdrawal of Armenian troops
from 7 territories of the occupation zone” was discussed during the
London meeting of the Azeri and Armenian FMs with OSCE MG. The plan
“5+1+1” envisages Armenian troops withdrawal first from Gubadli,
Zangilan, Fizuli, Jebrail and Agdam, then peace agreement conclusion
and then withdrawal from Kalbajar and later Lachin.
The source says that Azerbaijan insists that “unless after the
conclusion of the agreement the troops are withdrawn from the
territories according to the schedule the document will automatically
lose force.”