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    Aravot, Armenia
    Feb 10 2009


    OSCE official, Armenian politicians cautiously optimistic on conflict
    settlement

    "There are leaders in the region, Serzh Sargsyan has said in Munich,
    and Goran Lennmarker has said in Yerevan that now is the time to find
    solutions"

    Speaking at the Munich forum on security issues, Armenian President
    Serzh Sargsyan said that lessons should be learnt from the past to
    stop militarization and further deepening of the dividing lines in the
    South Caucasus region. "We have to do so because labels and
    stereotypes have always been used for South Caucasus that should be
    wiped out for a peaceful and stable future of our countries. I think
    there are leaders in the region today ready for non-standard solutions
    and who can take decisions beyond clichés and show enough political
    will for implementing them. This makes me optimistic for our region,"
    Sargsyan said.

    OSCE Parliamentary Assembly special representative Goran Lennmarker,
    following his meeting with National Assembly [parliament] speaker
    Hovik Abrahamyan, said in Yerevan yesterday that now is the time for
    finding solutions to the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict. The high-ranking
    OSCE official [Lennmarker] also said the goal of his visit to Yerevan
    "is to discuss the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict settlement as well as
    regional cooperation with the Armenian authorities and the opposition
    on the settlement."

    Armen Rustamyan, the chairman of the parliamentary committee on
    foreign relations, told Aravot after his meeting with Lennmarker:
    "Lennmarker is a key person because he is well aware what is going on
    in the region, especially in the Nagornyy Karabakh settlement
    issue. His views are important not only in terms of the conflict
    settlement but also because they have impact on the European Union
    decision. I tried to present our approaches as detailed as I could. He
    is interested in new developments, with the emphasize on the fact that
    following the Russian-Georgian war, a new situation has emerged, and
    that this new situation calls for new priorities that should be taken
    into account. The thing is that how this new situation affects the
    Karabakh issue."

    [Passage omitted: Rustamyan says it is clear that the conflict has no
    military solution, praises the declaration signed by the Armenian,
    Russian and Azerbaijani presidents in Moscow on the Karabakh conflict
    settlement]

    Rustamyan also said that [during the meeting with Lennmarker] they
    also spoke about Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan's foreign policies,
    and a positive thing is that "there is an attempt of not linking the
    Karabakh conflict settlement to the normalization of the
    Armenian-Turkish relations and solve these two issues separately. This
    is a new approach, unseen until now." Rustamyan also said that they
    spoke about the growing role of the European Union in our region and
    especially in Armenia.

    [Passage omitted: Armenia should not miss the chance of being involved
    in regional project]

    Lennmarker met the representative of the parliamentary opposition -
    Armen Martirosyan, the leader of the Heritage party faction in
    parliament, and Larisa Alaverdyan, the secretary of the
    faction. Following the meeting, Martirosyan told us that Lennmarker
    had expressed his optimism on the Karabakh conflict settlement, hoping
    that the issue would be settled soon through peaceful means.
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