06 06 23 - NEGOTIATIONS SHOULD BE STOPPED UNTIL THE PROBLEM OF NORTH KARABAKH ISRESOLVED Panorama

am14:33 13/06/06At the moment when talks for Nagorno Karabakh conflict regulations havestepped into a new active phase and Minsk Group co-chairman continuouslypropose new solutions, Edik Balayan, chairman of Shahumyan-GetashenUnion says that the talks should be temporarily stopped. He supports hisargument saying that the problem of North Karabakh is not on the tableof negotiations. "The political fate of North Karabakh and the problemsof refugees are not clear in the negotiations. It is not fair tocontinue talks under such conditions," Balayan says.About 15 years ago the Armenian resdients of Getashen were forcefullydislocated from their residential areas and 14 years ago - fromShahumyan. 18 Armenian villages went under the ocupation of Azerbaijanand are under Azeri control now. Balayan says the co-chairman shouldforce Azerbiajan to stop the blockade and estimate the losses sufferedby Armenia and Artsakh due to the blockade and decide how they should becompensated. Only after that it will be expedient to continue talks, hesays.

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