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RUSSIAN FM DRAWS PARALLELS BETWEEN THE CRISIS IN SYRIA AND THE KARABAKH CONFLICT
armradio.am
11.06.2012 11:55
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov draws parallels between the
conflict in Syria and the Nagorno Karabakh issue.
"Outer players must not impose any schemes to the parties of the
Syrian conflict. Instead, they should create conditions for them to
start negotiating with each other," Lavrov told a briefing at the
Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs dedicated to the Russian offer
to call on a conference on regulating the situation in Syria.
"They must be forces to sit at the bargaining table, having first
stopped the military actions," he said.
"The conference is not meant to predetermine the parameters of
political settlement. It's called to create necessary conditions
for the continuation of talks. For example, this happens in case
of the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict,
where the international community acts on the basis of the accepted
principle that the parties should come to an agreement themselves,"
the Minister said.
Lavrov recalled the example of the Karabakh conflict, where the
Co-Chairs of the Minsk Group ensure conditions, push the sides to
seeking compromise, but do not impose a solution. "This is how we
must act in all cases, including Syria," the Russian Foreign Minister
stated.
From: Baghdasarian
armradio.am
11.06.2012 11:55
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov draws parallels between the
conflict in Syria and the Nagorno Karabakh issue.
"Outer players must not impose any schemes to the parties of the
Syrian conflict. Instead, they should create conditions for them to
start negotiating with each other," Lavrov told a briefing at the
Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs dedicated to the Russian offer
to call on a conference on regulating the situation in Syria.
"They must be forces to sit at the bargaining table, having first
stopped the military actions," he said.
"The conference is not meant to predetermine the parameters of
political settlement. It's called to create necessary conditions
for the continuation of talks. For example, this happens in case
of the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict,
where the international community acts on the basis of the accepted
principle that the parties should come to an agreement themselves,"
the Minister said.
Lavrov recalled the example of the Karabakh conflict, where the
Co-Chairs of the Minsk Group ensure conditions, push the sides to
seeking compromise, but do not impose a solution. "This is how we
must act in all cases, including Syria," the Russian Foreign Minister
stated.
From: Baghdasarian