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SECURITY GUARANTEES ARE NEEDED BEFORE RETURNING OF TERRITORIES - US AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA
July 08, 2014 | 00:34
YEREVAN. - US Ambassador John Heffern considers the return of the
territories adjacent to Nagorno-Karabakh to be one of the six elements
of the conflict settlement.
Ambassador Heffern told the aforesaid to Armenian News-NEWS.am.
In his words, however, he does not mean that these territories must
be returned to Azerbaijan right away.
"This is assumed within the framework of a final solution to the
issue. According to the six agreed elements, Nagorno-Karabakh's final
status will be resolved through free expression. Subsequently, the
territories contiguous to Nagorno-Karabakh--except for the Lachin
Corridor--must be returned. So, there is nothing new in my words,"
Heffern noted.
The US diplomat stressed that the six elements of conflict settlement
also suggests the deployment of international peacekeeping forces.
"Some security guarantees and the presence of international
peacekeeping forces are necessary before the Armenian party returns
the territories," John Heffern concluded.
http://news.am/eng/news/218085.html
From: Baghdasarian
July 08, 2014 | 00:34
YEREVAN. - US Ambassador John Heffern considers the return of the
territories adjacent to Nagorno-Karabakh to be one of the six elements
of the conflict settlement.
Ambassador Heffern told the aforesaid to Armenian News-NEWS.am.
In his words, however, he does not mean that these territories must
be returned to Azerbaijan right away.
"This is assumed within the framework of a final solution to the
issue. According to the six agreed elements, Nagorno-Karabakh's final
status will be resolved through free expression. Subsequently, the
territories contiguous to Nagorno-Karabakh--except for the Lachin
Corridor--must be returned. So, there is nothing new in my words,"
Heffern noted.
The US diplomat stressed that the six elements of conflict settlement
also suggests the deployment of international peacekeeping forces.
"Some security guarantees and the presence of international
peacekeeping forces are necessary before the Armenian party returns
the territories," John Heffern concluded.
http://news.am/eng/news/218085.html
From: Baghdasarian