TOO DIFFICULT TO EXPECT A BREAKTHROUGH IN RESOLUTION OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT SOON: ICG GROUP
TREND News Agency, Azerbaijan
June 13 2007
Azerbaijan, Baku / corr Trend K.Ramazanova / Magdalena Fritcheva,
the International Crisis Group Caucasus Project Director, stated
on 13 June that it is too difficult to expect a breakthrough in the
resolution of the [Armenian-Azerbaijani] Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
in the near future.
Fritcheva noted that the continuation of the dialogue is a positive
step and it is very important to hold it at every level. She was
commenting on the recent meeting between the Presidents of Azerbaijan
and Armenia, Ilham Aliyev and Robert Kocharian, in St. Petersburg.
Fritcheva announced that in July the ICG will present its third report
on Nagorno-Karabakh, the new report will cover new developments since
the publication of the last report by ICG in 2005, estimating the
situation in the negotiations. The report will consider the tendencies
and dynamics of developments in both communities.
With respect to POWs from both the Azerbaijani and Armenian sides,
the ICG representative said that media reports from these sides
actually pursue political agendas.