KARABAKH CONFLICT MAY BE SETTLED ONLY IF ALL PARTIES ARE REALISTIC
Pan Armenian News
13.09.2005 08:11
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On September 11, in the NKR Permanent Representation
in the RA, Arman Melikian, the NKR Foreign Minister, received the
delegation of the International Crisis Group (ICG) Non-Governmental
Organization headed by Alain Deletroz. Mr. Deletroz presented the
organization’s activity to the NKR FM noting their aim in general is
to contribute to the peaceful settlement of international conflicts
and war prevention. In this context, the ICG prepared a report on
the Nagorno Karabakh conflict titled Nagorno Karabakh: Viewing the
Conflict from the Ground. According to Mr. Deletroz, the report is
aimed to assist the Armenian and Azerbaijani parties, as well as the
mediators to find acceptable solutions at the bargaining table. Mr.
Melikian emphasized the importance of the international community’s
involvement in the process of establishing lasting peace in the
region. He noted that the conflict may be settled only if all the
parties involved are realistic and clearly understand that the
Nagorno Karabakh Republic and Azerbaijani Republic are the main
parties to the conflict and any effort to present the conflict as a
territorial dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan could be interpreted
as intentional distortion of the reality. Having handed the NKR
Foreign Minister the text of the report at the end of the meeting,
the ICG delegation head informed it will be published on September 14.
Thanking the ICG representatives, Mr. Melikian assured them that the
provisions of the report would be carefully examined in Stepanakert.