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MOSCOW TO SUBMIT NEW PROPOSALS ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH
Yelizaveta Isakova
The Voice of Russia
July 6, 2011
Russia is ready to hand over to Baku and Yerevan a new package of
proposals on the Nagorno-Karabakh peace settlement, Foreign Minister
Sergei Lavrov said after his talks with Armenian counterpart Edward
Nalbandyan in Moscow on Wednesday.
The statement came in the wake of the June 24 talks between Russia,
Armenia and Azerbaijan in Kazan, where the sides failed to arrive at
a political accommodation on the matter.
The results of the Kazan parleys were high on the agenda of the
Moscow sit-down, with Lavrov particularly pointing to the necessity
of sticking to previously clinched agreements.
"Moscow remains committed to an array of agreements that were earlier
endorsed by the Presidents of the United States, France, Armenia,
Azerbaijan and Russia, Lavrov says, referring to the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict. The topic was also on the table of this week's OCSE session
in Vienna, where participants specifically mentioned an improvement
in the current situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, a positive trend that
Lavrov says should further get a boost."
Separately, he warned against attempts to change the format of the
Minsk Group of OCSE Mediators on the Nagorno-Karabakh Settlement,
which brings together Russia, the United States and France. Lavrov
was echoed by Nalbandyan, who touted the Minsk Group as an effective
mechanism to contribute to the negotiating process on the subject.
Lavrov, in turn, said that President Dmitry Medvedev, who is also
co-chairman of the Minsk Group, will submit the new Nagorno-Karabakh
settlement proposals to Armenia and Azerbaijan " in the immediate
future."
Experts, meanwhile, remain downbeat about an early breakthrough in
what remains the main bone of contention between Baku and Yerevan,
which continue to exchange barbs and trade accusations.
Moscow, for its part, urges a diplomatic solution to the problem, which
it insists can only be resolved by joint efforts of all parties to
the conflict. The conflicting parties know full well that if sparked,
the new armed conflict will be fraught with dire consequences.
From: A. Papazian
Yelizaveta Isakova
The Voice of Russia
July 6, 2011
Russia is ready to hand over to Baku and Yerevan a new package of
proposals on the Nagorno-Karabakh peace settlement, Foreign Minister
Sergei Lavrov said after his talks with Armenian counterpart Edward
Nalbandyan in Moscow on Wednesday.
The statement came in the wake of the June 24 talks between Russia,
Armenia and Azerbaijan in Kazan, where the sides failed to arrive at
a political accommodation on the matter.
The results of the Kazan parleys were high on the agenda of the
Moscow sit-down, with Lavrov particularly pointing to the necessity
of sticking to previously clinched agreements.
"Moscow remains committed to an array of agreements that were earlier
endorsed by the Presidents of the United States, France, Armenia,
Azerbaijan and Russia, Lavrov says, referring to the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict. The topic was also on the table of this week's OCSE session
in Vienna, where participants specifically mentioned an improvement
in the current situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, a positive trend that
Lavrov says should further get a boost."
Separately, he warned against attempts to change the format of the
Minsk Group of OCSE Mediators on the Nagorno-Karabakh Settlement,
which brings together Russia, the United States and France. Lavrov
was echoed by Nalbandyan, who touted the Minsk Group as an effective
mechanism to contribute to the negotiating process on the subject.
Lavrov, in turn, said that President Dmitry Medvedev, who is also
co-chairman of the Minsk Group, will submit the new Nagorno-Karabakh
settlement proposals to Armenia and Azerbaijan " in the immediate
future."
Experts, meanwhile, remain downbeat about an early breakthrough in
what remains the main bone of contention between Baku and Yerevan,
which continue to exchange barbs and trade accusations.
Moscow, for its part, urges a diplomatic solution to the problem, which
it insists can only be resolved by joint efforts of all parties to
the conflict. The conflicting parties know full well that if sparked,
the new armed conflict will be fraught with dire consequences.
From: A. Papazian