INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP IN KARABAKH
Support A1+!NKR President Arkady Ghoukassian received leader of the Caucasian Project of the International Crisis Group (ICG) Sabina Freizer and the organization’s analyst on Caucasus Levon Zourabian.
In the course of the meeting, Mrs. Freizer informed that the visit to Nagorno Karabakh pursued the aim to get more detailed information on the republic’s activity, get acquainted with the opinion of Nagorno Karabakh leadership and population on the current situation of the settlement of the conflict with Azerbaijan and the ways of its resolution. She expressed her wish to meet representatives of state structures, political parties and common citizens.
According to her, a report will be worked out on the results of the visit, containing information on the processes taking place here and practical recommendations to the international structures which deal with the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement.
Introducing the position of the official Stepanakert on the principles of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement, Arkady Ghoukassian stressed the inadmissibility of military activities' resumption and the necessity of the problem's solution only by peaceful means, as well as the formation of an atmosphere of confidence between the parties. At the same time, the head of the Republic noted that the achievement of the final and mutually acceptable settlement would become possible only in condition of Nagorno Karabakh's equal participation in the negotiation process.
