NAGORNO KARABAKH AND LACHIN WILL BE GRANTED SELF-GOVERNING STATUS, THE ECONOMIST WRITES

PanARMENIAN.Net - YEREVAN, April 21. /Mediamax/. "The contours of a possible deal [on Karabakh dispute settlement] are becoming clear", the U.S. Edition of The Economist writes today.

The article specifically says: "The Armenians would give Azerbaijan back six of the seven regions they captured. Nagorno-Karabakh and the adjacent Lachin region that links it to Armenia would be granted self-governing status. Azerbaijan would be compensated with an internationally protected road, linking it to its isolated enclave of Nakhichevan.

More talks are planned for Geneva in June; there are hopes that at a further meeting in Moscow the two Caucasian presidents may even sign a binding accord. If the logjam were at last to break, it would be a rare example, these days, of co-operation among the big powers", writes The Economist. --0--