April 19, 2006 - 20:27 AMT
EU: Demand of Karabakh People Should Be Met
«The European Parliament considers it has not clear «road map» to settle the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, however the EU should take part in the solution of the issue without fail,» Chair of the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, French MP Marie-Anne Isler-Béguin stated at a news conference in Yerevan. In her words, the international community wants soonest settlement of the Karabakh conflict by peaceful tools. «The other way is just impossible. The conflict should be solved based on the right of peoples to self-determination and observation of national minority rights. The demand of the Nagorno Karabakh people should be met and Azerbaijan has to respect people's right to self-determination,» she remarked.
The delegation head believes that the OSCE MG should find a political compromise between the parties of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. Marie-Anne Isler-Béguin emphasized the EP does not speak «either of occupied, or liberated territories.» «These are the seven regions around NK, where refugees should return and decide their status themselves,» she underscored.
At the same time Isler-Béguin supposes the Armenian society should be ready to living with Azerbaijanis. At that she cited the example of France and Germany, which in spite of past differences, are an exemplar of peaceful cooperation.