MAJORITY OF ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN POPULATION FOR PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE

PanARMENIAN.Net - The majority of the population of Armenia and Azerbaijan is for peaceful coexistence. The results of a sociological survey, held in Armenia and Azerbaijan by Millenium Educational Research Association and Azerbaijani Sociological Association with the support of Texas University, evidence it. 1000 people were questioned in each of the two countries and 200 Armenians and the same number of Azeris from Nagorno Karabakh, Azg Yerevan newspaper reported. 74.2% of respondents from Armenia and 45.8% of those from Azerbaijan come for restoration of relations between the two countries. 97% of Armenians and 93% of Azeris interviewed said they wished to coexist peacefully. As a precondition for restoration of previous ties 60% of Armenian respondents mentioned the independence of Nagorno Karabakh. 38% of those questioned in Azerbaijan said liberation of "occupied territories" was such a precondition. The return of refugees to Nagorno Karabakh was also noted. Both parties point to the governments of their own countries as the authors of the conflict.