Thursday, August 24 2017 12:50

ArmInfo.There is nothing new or urgent in the elements announced by the US Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Richard Hoagland to resolve the Karabakh conflict. Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesman Tigran Balayan stated this in a conversation with ArmInfo correspondent. Note that on the eve of late at night, the outgoing US Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, Richard Hoagland (who will be replaced by Charge d'Affaires at the US Mission to the International Organizations in Vienna, Andrew Chauffer), published 6 elements on the settlement of the Karabakh conflict. 

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.