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Karabakh settlement should be based on six elements - Robert Bradtke
16:01 - 09.10.11
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict should be based on six elements, Robert
Bradtke, US Co-Chair of the Minsk Group of the Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe, has said.
Speaking at a session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of
Europe, Bradtke said that Armenia and Azerbaijan must not resort to
using force.
The elements of the settlement of the Karabakh conflict, according to
Bradtke, are:
- Withdrawal of Armenian troops from the territories adjacent Nagorno-Karabakh
- Giving Nagorno-Karabakh a temporary status
- Ensuring direct land communication between Armenia and Karabakh.
- Return of refugees and resettled people to their homelands
- Implementation of peacekeeping mission in the region
- International security guarantees.
Further, he said that the three of the main principles of the
resolution of the Karabakh conflict remain in place - non-use of
force, territorial integrity and nations' right to self-determination.
The US diplomat also said that the OSCE Minsk Group is sparing no
effort to ensure peace in the region.
OSCE Minsk Group Russian Co-Chair Igor Popov in turn said that the
settlement of the conflict is possible only through diplomacy.
Popov also said that peace will possible to achieve only when both
sides demonstrate political will to so do.
Nagorno-Karabakh broke away from Azerbaijan in 1991 which was followed
by a bloody war that left about 30,000 dead and more than a million
displaced.
Currently Russia, the US and France are mediating talks to find a
peaceful solution to the conflict.
Tert.am
16:01 - 09.10.11
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict should be based on six elements, Robert
Bradtke, US Co-Chair of the Minsk Group of the Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe, has said.
Speaking at a session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of
Europe, Bradtke said that Armenia and Azerbaijan must not resort to
using force.
The elements of the settlement of the Karabakh conflict, according to
Bradtke, are:
- Withdrawal of Armenian troops from the territories adjacent Nagorno-Karabakh
- Giving Nagorno-Karabakh a temporary status
- Ensuring direct land communication between Armenia and Karabakh.
- Return of refugees and resettled people to their homelands
- Implementation of peacekeeping mission in the region
- International security guarantees.
Further, he said that the three of the main principles of the
resolution of the Karabakh conflict remain in place - non-use of
force, territorial integrity and nations' right to self-determination.
The US diplomat also said that the OSCE Minsk Group is sparing no
effort to ensure peace in the region.
OSCE Minsk Group Russian Co-Chair Igor Popov in turn said that the
settlement of the conflict is possible only through diplomacy.
Popov also said that peace will possible to achieve only when both
sides demonstrate political will to so do.
Nagorno-Karabakh broke away from Azerbaijan in 1991 which was followed
by a bloody war that left about 30,000 dead and more than a million
displaced.
Currently Russia, the US and France are mediating talks to find a
peaceful solution to the conflict.
Tert.am