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    EU SHOULD APPOINT ITS REPRESENTATIVE TO RESOLVE NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT

    Trend
    Jan 31 2012
    Azerbaijan

    It is necessary to appoint a special authorized representative
    from the European Union as an alternative to France to resolve the
    Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Azerbaijani MP, chairman of the committee in
    the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly Fuad Muradov told Trend on Tuesday.

    "This person will speak about the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on behalf
    of the EU," he said.

    Mr Muradov said that similar representative was appointed in due
    time to resolve the problem with the Balkans and conflicts in the
    African countries.

    France does not want to agree on that since it intends to defend its
    positions in the PACE, he said.

    "At present, France preserves the opportunity of interference, though
    scanty, in any process in the OSCE Minsk Group," he said.

    This issue must be included on the agenda of the Council of Europe, the
    EU, the OSCE, the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation
    and at other platforms for the alternative person, who will deal
    with the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and report back to the European
    Parliament, to be appointed in Europe, MP said.

    He also stressed that it is doubtful that France will remain in the
    OSCE Minsk group.

    The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
    when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
    armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
    including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.

    Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
    co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. -
    are currently holding the peace negotiations.

    Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
    resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
    surrounding regions.




    From: A. Papazian
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