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    Interfax, Russia
    Feb 12 2011


    Armenian foreign minister criticizes International Crisis Group's
    report on Karabakh

    YEREVAN. Feb 12


    Armenian Foreign Minister Edvard Naldandyan has criticized the report
    by the International Crisis Group on the situation in the Nagorny
    Karabakh conflict zone.

    "It's only an expert estimation, which is often different from
    reality. To express an expert opinion one has to take into account the
    current situation and not try to aggravate the situation," Naldandyan
    said at a press conference given jointly with his Ukrainian
    counterpart Konstantin Hryshchenko in Yerevan on Friday.

    There is the opinion of the Minsk OSCE Group on the situation with
    Nagorny Karabakh, Naldandyan said. "We need to take into account this
    opinion. We have to heed the opinion of the Minsk group," the minister
    said.

    Experts from the International Crisis Group said in their report that
    the possibility of the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorny
    Karabakh resuming is very high and this war could be more destructive
    than the 1992-1994 conflict.

    " Escalating front-line clashes, a spiralling arms race, vitriolic
    rhetoric and a virtual breakdown in peace talks increase the chance
    Armenia and Azerbaijan will go back to war over Nagorno-Karabakh, with
    devastating regional consequences," the report says.

    Even if Armenia and Azerbaijan do not plan immediate attacks, the
    scale of minor clashes can easily go out of control," the document
    says.

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    From: A. Papazian
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