Outcomes of Karabakh status referendum not predetermined, ICG says

PanARMENIAN.Net - "The outcomes of referendum on Nagorno Karabakh's status are not predetermined. Azerbaijan will have the opportunity to offer full-fledged citizenship to Armenians of Karabakh," said Sabine Freizer, the International Crisis Group Director of the Europe Program.



"It's premature to speak of referendum results unless troops are withdrawn and refugees return to their homes," she said.



"The situation in Karabakh will clear up when refugees come back to their homes, an interim administration is formed, rule of law and human rights are secured. Anyway, irrelative of the outcomes of the referendum, owing to the geographical peculiarities of the region, all residents of Karabakh will have to keep in contact with Azerbaijan for the glory of the region," Ms. Freizer said, Day.az reports.