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    SECURING AN OVERLAND CORRIDOR BETWEEN ARMENIA AND KARABAKH SHOULD BE ONE OF THE KEY POINTS OF REGULATION
    Armenian Foreign Ministry Statement

    AZG Armenian Daily
    29/06/2006

    Taking into account the statement that the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk
    Group presented to the OSCE Permanent Council, in Vienna, on June
    22, and the interview that Matt Bryza, the new US co-chair gave soon
    thereafter, where albeit partially, the principles of the settlement
    of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict were revealed for the first time,
    and also taking into account the recent desperate calls by Azerbaijan
    for a military solution and autonomy for Nagorno Karabakh, we would
    like to make several observations.

    1. The co-chairs have partially revealed the Nagorno Karabakh conflict
    resolution principles; they have left out references to a corridor
    linking Nagorno Karabakh to Armenia, and issues relating to Nagorno
    Karabakh's status until a referendum;

    2. The co-chairs have, for the first time, affirmed that the people
    of Nagorno Karabakh shall determine their own future status through
    a referendum;

    3. Those items over which the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan
    continue to disagree does not include a referendum; that concept has
    been agreed to by the presidents; The area of disagreement between
    the presidents has to do with the sequence in which the consequences
    of the military conflict are removed;

    4. In an attempt to resolve this remaining area of disagreement, a
    proposal was made by the co-chairs after Rambouillet. This proposal
    was accepted by Armenia in Bucharest. Azerbaijan rejected it.

    5. Armenia finds that the basic principles, overall, on the table today
    remain a serious basis for continuing negotiations; Armenia is prepared
    to continue on that basis to continue to negotiate with Azerbaijan;

    6. Armenia believes that Azerbaijan's wavering on these principles
    is a serious obstacle to progress in the negotiations. If this
    policy continues, Armenia will insist that Azerbaijan conduct direct
    negotiations with Nagorno Karabakh.

    7. Finally, we would remind Azerbaijan once again that regardless
    of the size of their military budget, they cannot force the
    people of Nagorno Karabakh to renounce freedom and the right to
    self-determination.
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