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    Co-chairs of Dartmouth Conference: Armenians have the same right for Karabakh as Indians for America

    Regnum, Russia
    March 31 2006

    A session of Dartmouth conference on Nagorno Karabakh conflict
    settlement under the chairmanship of Harold Saunders (US) and Vitaly
    Naumkin (Russia), with participation of Armenian MPs and others has
    taken place in the Armenian Academy of Sciences.

    The sides noted importance of a framework agreement between
    representatives of the conflict sides - Armenia, Azerbaijan and Nagorno
    Karabakh, and told their opinions on the conflict settlement process.

    As Saunders said, the negotiation process must be divided into two
    stages. The first will include intermediate steps, namely measures
    for establishment of mutual trust, equal concessions by the parties,
    synchronized withdrawal of troops, demilitarization of the territories,
    return of refugees, restoration of communications, economic and
    cultural cooperation. The second stage will comprise talks on the NKR
    final status, conclusion of peaceful agreement and establishment of
    diplomatic relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

    In his words, the formula of the project is following: "Peace and
    intermediate status in exchange for territories," which differs from
    the mutually excluding principles of the Azerbaijani and Armenian
    sides - "peace in exchange for territories" and "territories in
    exchange for status." Harold Saunders also noted that the project was
    submitted to the Russian and U.S. Co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group,
    who rated it positive on the whole. "Ambassador Mann specifically
    noted the measures for establishment of mutual trust between the
    conflicting parties provided by the framework agreement," Mr.

    Saunders said. At that he noted that the Dartmouth Conference is
    not a substitute to the OSCE MG. "The task of the Minsk Group is to
    propose the final decision, while our task is to offer the possible
    ways of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement," he stressed.

    Russian co-chair Vitaly Naumkin said that a framework agreement is one
    of the modifications of step-by-step settlement. But to reach such
    agreement, the conflicting nations must understand the necessity of
    such agreement and their observance. Only by observing every document,
    the sides can create new basis for negotiations and peaceful settlement
    as a whole.

    The sides also discussed different aspects of the Nagorno Karabakh
    conflict. Speaking about his point of view over the Nagorno Karabakh
    conflict, Saunders said that it must not be historically grounded,
    because in such case, American Indians can demand America back.
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