Lithuanian President hopes for compromise on Karabakh in near future

PanARMENIAN.Net - "We stand for deeper EU involvement in the South Caucasus region with respect to most urgent issues. First of all, this concerns the settlement of the so-called frozen conflicts. Within this context, we would consider that an international peacekeeping element could also become an essential part of conflict resolution. With regard to Nagorno Karabakh, we hope that a compromise will be reached as soon as possible," Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus said.



"The Lithuanian parliament has recently approved the possibility to deploy our peacekeepers in South Caucasus and we are ready to do so when such a wish is expressed by the sides," he said



"We also support the need to attract more attention by the international community as well as by the UN to the current "frozen" status of the resolution of conflicts in the GUAM area, considering international involvement as one of the main impetuses to the peaceful and real resolution of those conflicts," he said.



"We consider the direct dialogue between the parties of conflicts to be an essential prerequisite to solutions - especially with regard to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict where the final solution might be reached only through an Armenian-Azerbaijani compromise acceptable to both sides.



The ENP Action Plan - although not directly aimed at conflict resolution - could have a long lasting effect on conflict issues through its successful implementation based on political, social, and economical reforms," Mr Adamkus said, Trend reports.