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Yuri Merzlyakov: IDPsâ€™ returning to their places as soon as the peace accord is signed may have tragic results

27 February 2007 16:10 (UTC +04:00)

â€œI said that some measures should be taken for the returning of Azerbaijani internally displaced persons to Nagorno-Karabakh, this process can not be carried out immediately,â€? Russian co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Yuri Merzlyakov said commenting on the head of Azerbaijani community of Nagorno Karabakh Nizami Bahmanovâ€™s statement â€œMerzlyakov says that Azerbaijani and Armenian communities can not live togetherâ€?.
Yuri Merzlyakov told the APA that IDPs can not return to their places as soon as the peace accord is signed. He mentioned that such a practice had bad results in the Balkans.
The diplomat considers if analogous step in Nagorno Karabakh may have tragic results.
â€œWe do not want this and the sides should not want it either,â€? he said.
Merzlyakov said that serious preparations should be done for IDPsâ€™ returning, infrastructure should be reconstructed.
â€œThe people can not return to empty places,â€? he said.
Russian co-chair noted that the principle of IDPsâ€™ returning to their places will be included into the peace agreement, but preparations should be made to implement it. /APA/