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THE REPORT DOES NOT REFLECT THE ESSENCE OF THE KARABAKH CONFLICT

Politics

“The report of the international crisis group which was made public on March20 of the current year is a serious analytical work and contains credentials to the CE to be actively involved in the procedures in Southern Caucasus”, the head of the political administration of the Foreign Ministry of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Irina Beglaryan announced commenting on the report of the International Crisis Group titled “Settlement of Conflicts in Southern Caucasus: The Role of the EU”.

“We agree with the international community not to allow wars in the European neighborhood. In this context we greet any consistent steps which will be directed towards the establishment of peace and stability in Southern Caucasus, and in particular the peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict which aroused as a result of the armed aggression of the Republic of Azerbaijan against the Republic of Karabakh.

Nevertheless, we think that the mechanisms of reaching the aims represented in the report of the ICG are not realistic as they do not reflect the real essence of the Karabakh conflict and is based on substitution of key concepts. Enhancing of democracy and respect of human rights are the preconditions for the peaceful settlement of the conflict, and we hope that in the policy adopted in Southern Caucasus EU will be guided by the principles universal for Europe.

The positive side of the report is that the necessity of involving the non-recognized countries of Southern Caucasus into the process of integration into the EU is mentioned. The document also offers to make the EU special envoy to Southern Caucasus participant of the negotiations within the framework of the OSCE Minks group.

And still, we express our bewilderment at the attempts of the authors of the report of accusation of the privatization of the Minsk group peaceful procedure. The activity of the Minsk group is not the whim of separate diplomats and countries: it is work under the OSCE mandate.

During 14 years the Minsk group has managed to process experience of peace-keeping activity. And I would like to underline that neither the present format nor the possible participation of the European mediators can compensate the absence of the immediate participant of the conflict – Nagorno Karabakh in the negotiations”, the announcement says.