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    AZERBAIJAN, ARMENIA SIGN A RUSSIAN-BROKERED TENTATIVE DEAL AFTER 15 YEARS

    Farsuna Service Portal
    http://www.farsuna.com/en/news.php?id=2913
    Nov 3 2008
    Azerbaijan

    By Russia's mediation, Armenia and Azerbaijan have signed a joint
    declaration on the possible settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh after
    two-hour tripartite negotiations at Meiendorf Castle, near Moscow.

    The two former USSR countries have signed this document of concurrence
    in the views for the first time since a ceasefire agreement they
    inked in 1994 to end a 1992-94 bloody war.

    The declaration signed by Azerbaijan's Ilham Aliyev, Armenia's Serzh
    Sarkisian, and Russia's Dmitri Medvedev said the parties agree to
    accelerate further moves in the negotiations to find a political and
    peaceful solution through a direct dialogue mediated by the Russia,
    the United States and France-co-chaired OSCE Minsk Group.

    "They will continue to work on the further improvement of the situation
    in the South Caucasus and establishment of regional stability and
    security in the region through a political settlement of the conflict
    under legally binding international guarantee... and ... based on
    the principles and rules of international law and the decisions and
    documents adopted during this framework," said the statement, read
    out by Dmitry Medvedev.

    For several years, the parties discussed a phased solution to the
    conflict, which suggested Armenia give back seven Azeri regions
    adjacent to Nagorno Karabakh and the parties continue the negotiating
    and referendum process later in order to determine the future status
    of Nagorno Karabakh.

    Armenia first agreed to the suggestion, but rejected it later, fearing
    Azerbaijan will attempt to retake Nagorno Karabakh after having taken
    hold of seven regions.

    Russia appears to act as a broker for "frozen conflicts" in the former
    Soviet Union after the no-win aftermath of the five-day war between
    Russia and Georgia flared in August.

    The United States have also recently taken a renewed interest in the
    resolution of the conflict.

    Dmitry Medvedev said in the Armenian capital Yerevan last month that
    his country wanted to host a meeting of presidents to find a solution
    to the conflict what he described "is an advanced stage now".

    "What happened in August has shown that complex problems must
    be resolved on the basis of international principles and by
    negotiations. Nothing else can lead to a positive outcome.

    That's one of the most important lessons of the crisis in the
    Caucasus," he added.

    Conflict Flared

    When the Soviet Union was going to fall, Armenia moved to occupy
    Nagorno-Karabakh, a richly fertile area of great beauty high in
    the Caucasus mountains, an internationally recognized territory of
    Azerbaijan, in the late 1980s, sparking a 1992-94 war.

    A ceasefire was agreed in 1994 but the search for a lasting peace
    is stalled.

    Azerbaijan said it seeks a peaceful solution to the conflict, but
    doesn't "rule out the probability of any means to wrest back its
    lands if need be".

    Since the ceasefire in 1994, most of Nagorno-Karabakh and seven regions
    of Azerbaijan around it have remained under the unrecognized control
    of Armenia.

    The OSCE Minsk Group has since been brokering peace talks between
    governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan in vain. Farsuna

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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