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  • BAKU: Head Of PACE Subcommittee For Nagorno-Karabakh: Azerbaijan And

    HEAD OF PACE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR NAGORNO-KARABAKH: AZERBAIJAN AND ARMENIAN SHOULD LAUNCH A GENERAL DIALOGUE
    Author: A. Mammadova

    TREND Information, Azerbaijan
    Nov 30 2006

    "I think that it is extremely important for the two countries,
    which have been in a serious dispute since the end of the war, to
    start talking with each other, apart from the existing contact which
    continues at a presidential level, as the meeting that recently
    took place between President Ilham Aliyev and President Robert
    Kocharyan", Lord Russell Johnston, Chairman of the Special Committee
    for Nagorno-Karabakh of PACE, has exclusively told Trend today.

    According to Lord Russell Johnston, the meeting between Azerbaijani and
    Armenian MP's is expected to be held under his chairmanship during the
    session of PACE to be held in Strasburg at the end of January, 2007.

    The Chairman of the PACE Subcommittee said that their first exercise
    should be getting to know each other. "It is not necessary to tackle
    big serious questions straight away. My objective is not suddenly
    and magically to cure everything. That is not possible. But simply to
    create a better atmosphere and then discuss the areas where possibly
    one can pursue a dialogue, like, for example, the transport connection
    issue", he said.

    He also said that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict could be settled only
    by the Governments of the countries involved in the conflict, and
    the task of the Subcommittee is to pave a way. "But I think that it
    is extremely important to launch a general dialogue. On the one hand,
    if there is a settlement of the issue, then it should occur after the
    both parties making some concessions to each other. However, none of
    the parties is ready to make a compromise. Therefore, the only
    thing that could be done is to begin to talk to each other", said
    Mr. Russell Johnston.
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