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25 May 2005 - 04:50 AMT

RUSSIAN ANALYST: KARABAKH SITUATION SHOULD BE RESOLVED

When responding to the question whether the creation of the security belt around Nagorno Karabakh has been justified, President of Strategy Saint Petersburg Center for Humanitarian and Political Studies Alexander Sungurovstated, “You know, I have not been there but I am aware that these were the regions from where the Armenian villages of Karabakh were bombarded. Due to this reason these territories were meant to be taken under control.” In Alexander Sungurov’s words, if approaching the issue from the pure military viewpoint everything is all right. However from the position of peace, these are places where people used to live. One should think of the opposite party as of people, he added. The present situation is the reflection of the military operations and bloodshed and it should be resolved, IA Regnum reports