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KARABAKH'S INTERIM STATUS NOT TO SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFER FROM CURRENT ONE - ANDRZEJ KASPRZYK
Tert.am
07.06.11
The sides are closer today to the settlement of the Karabakh
conflict than they were ten years ago, Andrzej Kasprzyk , the special
representative of the OSCE chairman-in-office, has told the Polish
magazine Nowa Europa Wschodnia.
He said the sides now know what is impossible so they have brought
their positions closer. He said over the years, all proposals made
to the sides have been rejected; such proposals include options like
Karabakh remains under Azerbaijan as a wide autonomy, Karabakh is
separated from Azerbaijan, the option of a common state, or exchange
of territories.
Kasprzyk said the conflict is like a bomb for the Armenian and
Azerbaijani presidents and could go off "should they make a mistake."
Kasprzyk added that since 2004 "we were moving towards working out
a framework for an agreement and a lot has been done."
He said the presidents of the Minsk Group co-chairing countries -
Russia, France and US - have announced the mutually agreed option:
surrender of the territories adjacent to the Nagorno Karabakh Republic,
except Lachin corridor; return of refugees to those territories,
and providing guarantees from countries that can do so.
And then an interim for Karabakh should be determined before the final
accord is signed. However, this status would not be a lot different
from what Karabakh has now.
From: A. Papazian
Tert.am
07.06.11
The sides are closer today to the settlement of the Karabakh
conflict than they were ten years ago, Andrzej Kasprzyk , the special
representative of the OSCE chairman-in-office, has told the Polish
magazine Nowa Europa Wschodnia.
He said the sides now know what is impossible so they have brought
their positions closer. He said over the years, all proposals made
to the sides have been rejected; such proposals include options like
Karabakh remains under Azerbaijan as a wide autonomy, Karabakh is
separated from Azerbaijan, the option of a common state, or exchange
of territories.
Kasprzyk said the conflict is like a bomb for the Armenian and
Azerbaijani presidents and could go off "should they make a mistake."
Kasprzyk added that since 2004 "we were moving towards working out
a framework for an agreement and a lot has been done."
He said the presidents of the Minsk Group co-chairing countries -
Russia, France and US - have announced the mutually agreed option:
surrender of the territories adjacent to the Nagorno Karabakh Republic,
except Lachin corridor; return of refugees to those territories,
and providing guarantees from countries that can do so.
And then an interim for Karabakh should be determined before the final
accord is signed. However, this status would not be a lot different
from what Karabakh has now.
From: A. Papazian