Goran Lennmarker: A new war in Nagorno Karabakh is out of question

PanARMENIAN.Net - "A new war between Armenia and Azerbaijan is out of the question. The new war will create new problems, resulting in new army of refugees and deaths of people," Swedish deputy, OSCE PA President Goran Lennmarker says in his report over the Nagorno Karabakh. Lennmarker thinks the time does not work in favor of conflicting parties.



"The Nagorno Karabakh conflict must be settled not forcefully or applying double standards, but in framework of the international law norms and European values. The European model of conflict settlements, which relies on human rights respect, may serve for settling conflicts in the South Caucasus, including the Nagorno Karabakh problem. In the issue of settling the South Caucasian conflicts the experience of Baltic states also can be used. The Nagorno Karabakh conflict is a heritage of the past: Azerbaijan and Armenia, that for a long time suffered from occupation and animosity, must be sure that historical realities will never happen again," says the report.



Touching upon Armenia, Lennmarker thinks this country is particularly concerned over its national security. "This country having bitter experience from Ottoman and Russian Empires and the USSR, is seriously concerned over its national security." Lennmarker writes the following about Azerbaijan, "The main thing that worries this country is injustice. A very important part of the country is occupied and over 1 million people became refugees and displaced. That's why Azeris consider themselves as victims of occupation." "Though the both parties speak about historical roots of the conflict, they differently interpret its gist. Azerbaijan and Armenia must reach to a common denominator on the event that took place in the past. It is very important for reaching justice," the report underlines, APA reports.