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    REPORT OF OSCE FACT-FINDING MISSION TO LIBERATED TERRITORIES WILL
    HAVE POSITIVE IMPACT ON PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF KARABAH CONFLICT,
    SAYS ARMENIAN FM

    YEREVAN, MARCH 21. ARMINFO. The report of OSCE fact-finding mission to
    the liberated territories will have a positive impact on the process of
    peaceful settlement of Karabah conflict, says Armenian Foreign Minister
    Vardan Oskanyan in his interview to the Armenian Public Television.

    He says that due to the activity of OSCE mission, the arguments
    of Azerbaijan proved to be left aside. At the same time, it has
    become evident that the problem of refugees is a mutual problem
    as Azerbaijan has always stated that there is only the problem of
    Azerbaijani refugees. Meanwhile, OSCE mission has proved that in
    spite of the small number of people residing in these territories,
    majority of them are Armenian refugees from Azerbaijani territories.
    All this allowed the Armenian party to demand a similar mission to
    the territories wherefrom they were expelled - Shahumyan region,
    Northern Mardakert, Eastern Martuni. This issue becomes more and more
    urgent and it will work against Azerbaijan. However, this issue will
    not become an obstacle for the negotiation process, the minister says.

    He notes that everything depends on further steps of Azerbaijan,
    as it was well aware that the problem of Armenian refugees exists.
    Azerbaijan tried to move the problem to the field of the UN, but it
    failed, then the OSCE mission was invited and here is the result.
    Everything depends on how Azerbaijan will try to speculate on all
    this. Armenia's position here is evident - if the issue is moved to
    the UN field, Azerbaijan will have to deal with Nagorny Karabakh not
    with Armenia, Oskanyan says.

    In response to those native political figures who express regret in
    connection that the above territories are not settled with Armenian
    refugees, the minister says that it is the very issue wherein Armenia
    must not feel itself in a role of a side defending or justifying
    itself, "that's a bit too tick!' Armenia has never refused from
    helping its homeless compatriots, as they had no elementary shelter
    and they want to return to their homes, to Mardakert, Shahumyan and
    others which are part of Karabakh. Armenia's participation in the
    problem's solution could not and cannot work against the Armenia side,
    even on the contrary. Well, the OSCE mission has already called in
    its report to refrain from settlement of the liberated territories,
    but there are specific proposals to the Azerbaijani side as well. And
    if realized, these proposals can be useful both for Armenian refugees
    and the whole settlement process, the minister says.
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