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IT IS TIME TO SETTLE THE NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT - FORMER HEAD OF OSCE PA
news.am
Nov 25 2011
Armenia
It is time to settle the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, former President
of Parliamentary Assembly, chairman of the Jarl Hjalmarson Foundation
Goran Lennmarker said in an interview with Azerbaijani APA agency.
According to Lennmarker, first of all that it is question of the public
opinion in Azerbaijan and in Armenia to have a debate about acceptance
of the solution that is good for people of the both countries, because
the negotiation process must be accepted by the people of Azerbaijan
and also by the people of Armenia.
He considers that otherwise there will be no solution to the conflict
and the status quo will be gone.
"I think that it is time in Azerbaijan to have a debate on that.
Because there is a possibility for the solution that is not only for
refugees who wish to come back. Another thing from the outside that
Europe could do more is that I think to give membership perspective
to Azerbaijan and Armenia and Georgia in the European Union.
Then it is up to Azerbaijan if it wishes to use it, it is voluntarily
and you must wish it yourself, but there is should be a perspective
for the European membership and insertion to reach a solution,"
he told APA.
Lennmarker believes solution depends on the negotiation process and
cannot be imposed from the outside.
"It must be negotiated. It must be a solution which is accepted by
the both sides, in other words, the compromise. Nobody will be 100%
happy because it is the nature of it. I think that the discussion
between Armenia and Turkey could be helpful, and here I have a
different opinion with the leadership of Azerbaijan. Because I
think that could help the solution. If they could get through their
complicated history in the whole manner, I think that could be a
good thing for Nagorno-Karabakh. That could help for the solution,
because this is the European experience," he said.
news.am
Nov 25 2011
Armenia
It is time to settle the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, former President
of Parliamentary Assembly, chairman of the Jarl Hjalmarson Foundation
Goran Lennmarker said in an interview with Azerbaijani APA agency.
According to Lennmarker, first of all that it is question of the public
opinion in Azerbaijan and in Armenia to have a debate about acceptance
of the solution that is good for people of the both countries, because
the negotiation process must be accepted by the people of Azerbaijan
and also by the people of Armenia.
He considers that otherwise there will be no solution to the conflict
and the status quo will be gone.
"I think that it is time in Azerbaijan to have a debate on that.
Because there is a possibility for the solution that is not only for
refugees who wish to come back. Another thing from the outside that
Europe could do more is that I think to give membership perspective
to Azerbaijan and Armenia and Georgia in the European Union.
Then it is up to Azerbaijan if it wishes to use it, it is voluntarily
and you must wish it yourself, but there is should be a perspective
for the European membership and insertion to reach a solution,"
he told APA.
Lennmarker believes solution depends on the negotiation process and
cannot be imposed from the outside.
"It must be negotiated. It must be a solution which is accepted by
the both sides, in other words, the compromise. Nobody will be 100%
happy because it is the nature of it. I think that the discussion
between Armenia and Turkey could be helpful, and here I have a
different opinion with the leadership of Azerbaijan. Because I
think that could help the solution. If they could get through their
complicated history in the whole manner, I think that could be a
good thing for Nagorno-Karabakh. That could help for the solution,
because this is the European experience," he said.