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Karabakh conflict to be considered in context of transformation of Black Sea region

30 May 2006 [16:38] - TODAY.AZ
Black Sea Forum for Dialog and Partnership will be held in Bucharest (Romania) June 4-5.

As head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's press office Vassily Filipchuk informs, participants of the forum are expected "to continue their dialog about democracy, stability and development started by a forum of the Commonwealth of Democratic Choice held in Kiev in December 2005 and Vilnius conference 'Common Vision for Common Neighborhood'."

The final goal of the process, according to Filipchuk, will be transformation of the Black Sea region into a Euro-integration space of interaction of sovereign states in the territory with active market economy systems, transparent and effective governmental bodies.

"This process is also aimed at maintaining strong ties with the Euro-Atlantic community aimed at further extension and consolidation of the zone of freedom, security and stability in the Black Sea region," he said.

It is worth mentioning, within frameworks of the forum a meeting of Armenian President Robert Kocharyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is planned. By the way, Robert Kocharyan did not participate in the events in Kiev and Vilnius that anticipated the summit in Bucharest.

It is also worth mentioning that neither Armenia nor Azerbaijan are states with assess to the Black Sea. Meanwhile, according to the Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan, there is a document at the negotiation table over Nagorno Karabakh settlement, and the presidents are expected to work it out. Last meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents was held in Rambouillet and bore no positive results, though, became a stage to more intensified activity of the mediators in the settlement process, especially in the US.

As independent Armenian experts believe, the fact of holding another Kocharyan-Aliyev meeting in Bucharest means that the Karabakh problem is being treated in the context of processes in the Black Sea and Caspian region on the whole, REGNUM reports.

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