US MG mediator promulgates main elements of Karabakh settlement

ArmInfo.Richard Hoagland,  US mediator  in OSCE Minsk Group, unveiled the main elements of the Karabakh conflict settlement, the "Voice of America".  According to the report, taking into account the complex history of the Karabakh conflict sides should in the future to fix its final legal status on the basis of consensus and legally binding expression of will. And  before that territory within the administrative borders of the former Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous and not under the control of Baku must obtain a temporary status, which, at a minimum, provides guarantees of security and sovereignty.

The "occupied territories" around Nagorno-Karabakh, according to the  statement, should be transferred under the control of Baku. There can  not be any settlement without taking into account Azerbaijan's  sovereignty, the report says. "The power of Azerbaijan over these  territories should be restored," the text says.

The next item is discussed the creation of a land corridor between  Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, which should be "wide enough" for the  safe transport, but can not occupy the entire territory of Lachin  region. A long-term settlement should ensure the right of all  forcibly resettled and refugees to places of early residence, the  statement said.

And the last point is negotiating the creation of international  security guarantees, which includes a long- term settlement. These  guarantees, according to the statement, should include peacekeeping  operations.  "There is no scenario in which the world could be  achieved without a well-organized peacekeeping activities, enjoying  the confidence of all parties," - said in a statement.