Moscow Not to Impose Any Solution either on Yerevan or Baku

PanARMENIAN.Net - "I think that we will - in fact, I'm sure we will touch on the Nagorno Karabakh issue. Especially since most of the G8 countries are involved in attempts to find a solution to that conflict," Russian President Vladimir Putin stated at a briefing yesterday. "President Chirac is very closely involved in those efforts, President Bush as well, and others also. We would very much like to see Armenia and Azerbaijan find a mutually acceptable solution. Insofar as the Russian Federation is concerned, I can stress once again our position, which consists in not imposing any solution either on the Azerbaijani side or the Armenian side. The nations, those two nations, must reach a compromise themselves. But of course the Russian Federation and other G8 countries as well are prepared to act as guarantors when it comes to the implementation of whatever agreement is reached," the Russian President said.