CONDOLEEZZA RICE BELIEVES KARABAKH CONFLICT COULD BE RESOLVED QUICKLY

arminfo
2008-04-17 11:49:00

ArmInfo-TURAN: Addressing to the American-Turkish Council in
Washington, the U.S. Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice touched on
the Karabakh conflict.

Commenting on the question if the USA has a definite plan
of settling the conflict, she said: "I am very much of the view
that the Nagorno-Karabakh issue is one that could be resolved, and
actually, with just a little bit of will, could be resolved relatively
quickly. We have been close several times within the Minsk process,
where we have the cooperation of several countries including Russia,
the European Union, and the United States. It is just taking a couple
of difficult decisions and getting an agreement between Azerbaijan
and Armenia on Nagorno-Karabakh. It needs to be done. I have made the
case to both the Armenian Government and to the Azeri Government that
they are falling behind the rest of the region because they will not
resolve this conflict between them. And frankly, there is plenty of,
if you wish to use the word blame, to go around on both sides. This
could be done if there is political will and it ought to be done."

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress