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    International conference in Armenia debates regional conflicts

    Public Television of Armenia, Yerevan
    29 Sep 04

    [Presenter] An international conference entitled Integration
    into international structures as a guarantee of peaceful
    resolution of conflicts in the South Caucasus was held in Yerevan
    today. Representatives from the three South Caucasus countries spoke
    at the conference about internal and external factors that impact on
    the resolution of territorial conflicts and ways of settlement.

    David Berzeneshvili from the Georgian parliament said that although the
    South Caucasus countries were admitted to international organizations
    as equal states, however, due to various reasons, they are isolated
    from one another and cannot be viewed as a single region, like the
    Baltic republics. Integration between the Baltic states has reached
    the highest level.

    Classifying the Karabakh conflict as an exceptional territorial
    conflict, the Georgian representative spoke about possible damage to
    the region and to cooperation between Europe and the Caucasus in case
    of the resumption of hostilities in the region.

    A representative of Azerbaijan's Institute for Peace and Democracy,
    Arif Yunusov, believes that factors hindering the conflict settlement
    are enemy images being created in both countries and a mythical
    opinion in Azerbaijan that the issue will be settled in its favour
    due to its oil reserves.

    [Yunusov, speaking in Russian] When the oil contract was signed [the
    Contract of the Century signed in 1994], many in Azerbaijan believed
    that oil in tandem with the West's support was the key to the Karabakh
    conflict resolution and the country's social problems. Since then 10
    years have passed and we understand that this is a theory. And now
    new legends are being created about NATO's support.
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