"David Atkinson's report on the situation over Nagorno Karabakh is a very important document, which should be thoroughly examined", Secretary General of International Alert British NGO Dan Smith stated in Stepanakert. In his words, the document reflects numerous legal principles for settling the conflict. "The report makes many questions clear, the rest should be dealt with by the politicians and the way the they will use the report in the negotiation process depends on them exclusively", he noted.