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On December 15, co-chairmen of OSCE Minsk Group on settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict have made a joint statement where they expressed positive attitude towards the results of negotiations in Armenia with President Robert Kocharyan, Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan and President of Nagorno Karabakh Arkadi Gukasyan. They noted that the process of conflict settlement is progressing and can create the basis for strengthening peace at the contact line, and further lead to a stable peace. The statement also noted that with President Kocharyan they discussed the results of negotiations of foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan that took place...

No one has evinced any interest in the suggestion from the alliance yet NATO is trying to intensify its activities in Russia's Caucasus. NATO officials have recently released two important statements. They particularly expressed their readiness to deploy NATO peacemakers in the conflict area of Nagorno Karabakh and render assistance in the cessation of long-standing hostility between Armenia and Turkey. NATO officer in charge of communication with South Caucasus, Romualds Razhuks, stated that NATO could deploy its peacemaking contingent in Nagorno Karabakh. The officer specified that such a measure could be possible upon the agreement of all parts involved in...

October 17, 2003 Chechens ready to assist Azeris in Karabakh front If the situation on the Karabakh border escalates, the Chechens will be fighting against Armenians, Maribek Tamarov, a Chechen human rights activist currently residing in Baku told the Baku-based newspaper Echo. "I know from the mood of Chechens that in case of a confrontation, the Chechens would be on the front line for the Azerbaijani independence fight," Tamarov was quoted as saying. He also said he regretted that the Azerbaijani authorities yielded before Russia's pressure, and did not allow representatives of Chechens to take part in a Council of...