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  • BAKU: 'Time Of Hope' For Karabakh Deal, Says Russian Envoy

    'TIME OF HOPE' FOR KARABAKH DEAL, SAYS RUSSIAN ENVOY

    news.az
    June 8 2011
    Azerbaijan

    Russia's ambassador in Baku is hopeful that talks later this month
    between Azerbaijan and Armenia will lead to a resolution of the
    Karabakh conflict.

    Vladimir Dorokhin told journalists today that Russia was working hard
    to find a settlement, APA reported.

    "As one of the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia is making
    efforts towards a solution of Azerbaijan's most painful problem,
    the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. I cannot go into the details of the
    negotiations, but when we say 'Russia is doing its best as a mediator',
    we are not dissembling. As a result of the international efforts,
    there is a chance of reaching serious agreements and Russia is doing
    its best to use this opportunity," Dorokhin told a press conference
    to mark Russia Day (which falls on 12 June).

    The ambassador said that of the three countries co-chairing the OSCE
    Minsk Group of mediators, only Russia was conducting negotiations at
    the highest level.

    "There have been moments of disappointment in the negotiations,
    but now is a time of hope. Negotiations are being carried on, the
    co-chairs are in the region. The ministers will meet on 11 June,
    the presidents are expected to meet at the end of the month. I do not
    want to make predictions, but all this raises hopes for an imminent
    resolution of the conflict," he said.

    Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev is to mediate a meeting of the
    Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents on 25 June in Kazan.

    The conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh began in 1988 when Armenia
    made claims on Azerbaijani territory. Armenian armed forces have
    occupied a swathe of Azerbaijani territory since 1992, including the
    Nagorno-Karabakh region, and seven surrounding districts.

    Armenia and Azerbaijan are negotiating to resolve the conflict through
    the mediation of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs - Russia, France and
    the USA.

    The nub of the conflict remains unresolved - the competing claims of
    territorial integrity, which Azerbaijan insists takes precedence in
    the case of Karabakh, and self-determination, which Armenia wants to
    see for the Armenians of Karabakh.

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