The settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict supposes the return of some territories to Azerbaijani control, in exchange for the status of Nagorno-Karabakh.
James Warlick: Conflict settlement supposes return of some territories, in exchange for Karabakh’s status
STEPANAKERT, SEPTEMBER 12, ARTSAKHPRESS: As NEWS.am reports, Ambassador James Warlick, US Co-Chair of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group, told the aforesaid to Interfax news agency. He noted this when asked what would be the perfect scenario for the Karabakh conflict settlement, for the US.
Warlick added that this scenario is the same also for Russia and France, the other co-chairing countries in the OSCE Minsk Group.
He noted that although this conflict still continues for a long time and numerous people have died within these 20 years, this conflict can be resolved; but there are respective conditions.
The Minsk Group US co-chair stressed that a perfect resolution supposes the absence of winners and losers, and that it shall be beneficial for the parties to the conflict. As per Warlick, negotiations are successful when both sides—i.e. the Armenian and the Azerbaijani—win.
The American diplomat noted that a new generation of Armenians and Azerbaijanis has grown up without knowing each other, and therefore they would like to see contacts between these people. And as a pacific resolution to the Karabakh conflict, they would like for Armenians and Azerbaijanis to coexist together.
Ambassador Warlick stated that the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict supposes the return of some territories to Azerbaijani control, in exchange for the status of Nagorno-Karabakh. As per the Minsk Group US co-chair, however, this is a condition for conflict settlement, but it is not the only one; the other conditions include the return of refugees to their homes, and the deployment of international peacekeeping forces at the conflict zone.
James Warlick also said they need to work with the conflicting parties to find a way to unite all of these conditions and achieve a peaceful settlement, and all the inhabitants of the region will benefit from this.
