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    TALKS ON NAGORNY KARABAKH SHOW PROGRESS - SENIOR RUSSIAN LAWMAKER

    RIA Novosti
    May 31, 2010
    YEREVAN

    Important decisions intended to resolve the conflict over Nagorny
    Karabakh may be taken "in the near future", the speaker of the Russian
    parliament's lower house said on Monday.

    "The situation in Nagorny Karabakh is very sensitive," said Boris
    Gryzlov, who also heads the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization
    for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

    He said talks under way between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the
    disputed region have shown progress.

    "I can say that quite distinct and clear steps have been noted. There
    is the prospect that necessary decisions to settle the situation in
    Nagorny Karabakh will be taken in the near future," Gryzlov said.

    The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorny Karabakh,
    a predominantly ethnic Armenian region, first erupted in 1988, when
    the region claimed independence from Azerbaijan to join Armenia.

    Over 30,000 people are estimated to have died on both sides between
    1988 and 1994, when a ceasefire was agreed. Nagorny Karabakh has
    remained in Armenian control and tensions between Azerbaijan and
    Armenia have persisted.

    On May, the region elected a 33-seat parliament with a voter turnout
    of almost 68%. Azerbaijani officials called the elections "illegal,"
    saying they could seriously harm peace efforts.

    The conflict is mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group that comprises the
    United States, Russia and France.




    From: A. Papazian
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