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    Lennmarker Proposes Aland Islands Model for Karabakh

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    31.03.2006 21:25 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ OSCE Parliamentary Assembly special representative
    on Nagorno Karabakh Goran Lennmarker proposed to use the model of
    the Aland Islands for the conflict settlement, member of the Azeri
    delegation in the OSCE PA, chairman of the Milli Mejlis Standing
    Committee for Agriculture Eldar Ibrahimov stated. In his words,
    when observing the parliamentary elections in Ukraine he met there
    with OSCE PA President Alcee L. Hastings, Assembly Secretary General
    Spencer Oliver and his assistant Vitaly Yevseyev and requested to
    send rapporteur Lennmarker to Azerbaijan early April.

    "Last October Mr. Lennmarker paid a visit to Armenia to clarify the
    opinion of the government on the report. He did not come to Azerbaijan
    due to elections held in the republic that time. I am not aware of the
    details Lennmarker achieved agreement on with the Armenian party. But I
    believe he should visit Azerbaijan as well to meet with the members of
    the delegation to the OSCE PA, Foreign Minister, Milli Mejlis chairman
    and the President is a necessity emerges," the Azeri deputy said.

    When asked about the reasons of the delay of Lennmarker's visit to
    Azerbaijan, Eldar Ibrahimov said, "Goran Lennmarker behaves like the
    OSCE Minsk Group that is protracting the Karabakh conflict settlement
    by all means. They all say "let both states demonstrate political
    will and achieve agreement and we will help them." We ask "why are
    you needed and what's you mission in this case?"

    When speaking of the reports saying that Mr.

    Lennmarker offered to form a reconciliation committee between Armenia
    and Azerbaijan the parliamentarian noted that the issue has not
    been considered yet. "We do not need such a committee. Armenians and
    Azerbaijanis sit face to face in various international organizations
    and speak to each other. They present their positions on the issue,"
    he said. When commenting on Lennmarker's position Ibrahimov said,
    "Goran Lennmarker is Swedish. Once a conflict broke out in the
    Swedish-inhabited Aland Islands belonging to Finland and as result
    the Islands were granted the status of high autonomy. This issue
    in mentioned in Lennmaker's report. He notes that for a long time
    already the Swedish population lives in peace maintaining their
    culture and native tongue. It means that Armenians can easily leave
    within Azerbaijan. I think this proposal was made in our favor.

    Representatives of all the nationalities will be rendered security
    guarantees in Azerbaijan," reported the 525th Azeri newspaper.
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