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    KARABAKH CONFLICT SHOULD BE SOLVED BILATERALLY - DEFENSE MINISTER

    RIA Novosti, Russia
    May 31 2006

    BAKU, May 31 (RIA Novosti) - A long-running dispute between Armenia
    and Azerbaijan over the Nagorny Karabakh region should be resolved
    by the two countries themselves and not by third parties, Russia's
    defense minister said Wednesday.

    Speaking at a news conference in the Azerbaijani capital, Baku, Sergei
    Ivanov said: "Any settlement scheme imposed from the outside could
    in my opinion be not only counterproductive, but also very dangerous."

    He said international mediators should not try to impose a solution
    on Armenia and Azerbaijan, but should facilitate the implementation
    of any agreement the sides may reach over Karabakh bilaterally.

    Ivanov also said peacekeepers could be deployed in the zone of the
    conflict, which claimed 30,000 lives on both sides between 1988 and
    1994 after the Azerbaijani region with a largely Armenian population
    proclaimed independence from Azerbaijan in a bid to join Armenia.

    "I do not rule out the possibility of peacekeepers appearing in
    the Karabakh conflict zone in the foreseeable future to enforce all
    political agreements that will be reached sooner or later," he said.

    The Russian minister's remarks came a day after Armenia and Azerbaijan
    both claimed fatalities following a shootout between soldiers on the
    border near Nagorny Karabakh and accused each other of breaching a
    1994 ceasefire agreement.

    More than 100 people have been killed in the region since the ceasefire
    was brokered.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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