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    ARMENIAN AND AZERI PRESIDENTS QUESTION NECESSITY OF COMPROMISE

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    01.02.2008 13:17 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ The January tour of the OSCE Minsk Group, including
    talks with the unrecognized NKR authorities, has produced a new portion
    of optimistic statements coinciding with "exchange of civilities"
    between Yerevan and Baku on the threshold of the presidential
    elections, said Sergei Markedonov, head of the international relations
    department of the institute of political and military analysis.

    According to him, the visit proved that the Presidents of Armenia
    and Azerbaijan interpret the base principles in their own way and
    question the necessity of reaching a compromise.

    "For Armenia, a referendum in Karabakh is a step toward
    self-determination of Karabakhi Armenians. The Azeri Constitution
    says that a referendum on status should be conducted throughout
    the republic but not on a separate territory. The sides again argue
    about domination of territorial integrity and the right of nations
    to self-determination," the Russian political scientist said.

    "The fact that both principles are equal from the viewpoint of
    international law is neglected. There is no hierarchy of these
    principles. The Helsinki Final Act the sides often quote supposes
    any solution to a problem (both self-determination and territorial
    integrity) ruling out the use of force. However, the last phrase is
    excluded from the political thesaurus of the negotiation process. Baku
    tries to absolutize the territorial integrity while Yerevan appeals
    to ethnic self-determination and the "Kosovo casus".

    Thus, there will be no progress in talks unless compromise search
    becomes a pragmatic and beneficial process," he said, Politcom reports
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