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Interfax, Russia
Feb 12 2011
Armenian foreign minister criticizes International Crisis Group's
report on Karabakh
YEREVAN. Feb 12
Armenian Foreign Minister Edvard Naldandyan has criticized the report
by the International Crisis Group on the situation in the Nagorny
Karabakh conflict zone.
"It's only an expert estimation, which is often different from
reality. To express an expert opinion one has to take into account the
current situation and not try to aggravate the situation," Naldandyan
said at a press conference given jointly with his Ukrainian
counterpart Konstantin Hryshchenko in Yerevan on Friday.
There is the opinion of the Minsk OSCE Group on the situation with
Nagorny Karabakh, Naldandyan said. "We need to take into account this
opinion. We have to heed the opinion of the Minsk group," the minister
said.
Experts from the International Crisis Group said in their report that
the possibility of the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorny
Karabakh resuming is very high and this war could be more destructive
than the 1992-1994 conflict.
" Escalating front-line clashes, a spiralling arms race, vitriolic
rhetoric and a virtual breakdown in peace talks increase the chance
Armenia and Azerbaijan will go back to war over Nagorno-Karabakh, with
devastating regional consequences," the report says.
Even if Armenia and Azerbaijan do not plan immediate attacks, the
scale of minor clashes can easily go out of control," the document
says.
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From: A. Papazian
Feb 12 2011
Armenian foreign minister criticizes International Crisis Group's
report on Karabakh
YEREVAN. Feb 12
Armenian Foreign Minister Edvard Naldandyan has criticized the report
by the International Crisis Group on the situation in the Nagorny
Karabakh conflict zone.
"It's only an expert estimation, which is often different from
reality. To express an expert opinion one has to take into account the
current situation and not try to aggravate the situation," Naldandyan
said at a press conference given jointly with his Ukrainian
counterpart Konstantin Hryshchenko in Yerevan on Friday.
There is the opinion of the Minsk OSCE Group on the situation with
Nagorny Karabakh, Naldandyan said. "We need to take into account this
opinion. We have to heed the opinion of the Minsk group," the minister
said.
Experts from the International Crisis Group said in their report that
the possibility of the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorny
Karabakh resuming is very high and this war could be more destructive
than the 1992-1994 conflict.
" Escalating front-line clashes, a spiralling arms race, vitriolic
rhetoric and a virtual breakdown in peace talks increase the chance
Armenia and Azerbaijan will go back to war over Nagorno-Karabakh, with
devastating regional consequences," the report says.
Even if Armenia and Azerbaijan do not plan immediate attacks, the
scale of minor clashes can easily go out of control," the document
says.
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From: A. Papazian