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    RUSSIA INTENSIFIES ACTIVITIES IN KARABAKH PROCESS

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    27.01.2010 17:31 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents' recent meeting
    in Sochi will impart a positive impulse to their further efforts
    during the current year, said Dessislava Roussanova, International
    Alert's Projects Director for the Eurasia Program.

    "A political settlement of Karabakh conflict depends on the conflicting
    parties and their willingness to seek mutually acceptable decisions,"
    Desislava Rusanova told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

    Russia has intensified activities in the Karabakh process over the
    recent years, according to her.

    "No one argues that Russia knows South Caucasus better than any
    other foreign stakeholder in our region. It realizes the mentality and
    specific outlook of the parties to conflict. That is Russia's advantage
    for being an effective intermediary in disputable issues like this. The
    fact that official Baku and Yerevan constantly express their high
    appreciation of Russia's mediation proves its unquestionable role in
    the settlement process. Such attitude was also confirmed during the
    meeting in Sochi," Ms. Roussanova said.

    The conflict between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan broke out in
    1988 as result of the ethnic cleansing the latter launched in the
    final years of the Soviet Union. The Karabakh War was fought from
    1991 to 1994. Since the ceasefire in 1994, sealed by Armenia, Nagorno
    Karabakh and Azerbaijan, most of Nagorno Karabakh and several regions
    of Azerbaijan around it (the security zone) remain under the control
    of NKR defense army. Armenia and Azerbaijan are holding peace talks
    mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group up till now.

    The trilateral meeting between Armenian, Russian and Azerbaijani
    Presidents was held on January 25 in Moscow.

    International Alert is an independent peacebuilding organization
    that works to lay the foundations for lasting peace and security
    in communities affected by violent conflict. It operates in over 20
    countries and territories around the world, both directly with people
    affected by violent conflict as well as at government, EU and UN
    levels to shape both policy and practice in building sustainable peace.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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