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    Interfax, Russia
    Nov 21 2009


    Russia won't impose settlement guidelines on sides in Karabakh
    conflict -ministry

    MOSCOW Nov 20


    Armenia and Azerbaijan have taken positive steps toward settling the
    conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman
    Andrei Nesterenko said in a commentary.

    "As far as the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is concerned, despite
    continuing disagreements, the parties have managed to make certain
    progress in their negotiations on the basic principles of its
    settlement," Nesterenko said.

    The authorities in Moscow believe that Russia should not "impose any
    guidelines on the sides in the conflict from the outside, but it
    should contribute to the settlement process and help the sides look
    for mutually acceptable solutions to key issues," the ministry
    spokesman said.

    "Our position is that the Azeri and Armenian people themselves are
    mainly responsible for making a final choice. Russia will be ready to
    support a solution to the problem that would suit all parties
    involved, as well as to act as settlement guarantor, if a compromise
    agreement is achieved," he said.

    Some media companies in Armenia "have stirred up a frenzy over the
    remarks made by the official spokesman for the Foreign Ministry of
    Russia on November 17," Nesterenko said.

    "They claim that Moscow has changed its position and now links the
    Nagorno-Karabakh settlement process to the normalization of Armenian-
    Turkish relations. It is a misunderstanding," the spokesman said.

    Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has clarified his country's
    stance on this issue on many occasions, he added.

    "This position remains the same. These are two separate processes,"
    Nesterenko said.

    "We are confident that the establishment of good neighborly ties
    between Armenia and Turkey should objectively contribute to further
    steps aimed at strengthening peace and security in Transcaucasia," he
    said.
    From: Baghdasarian
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