Russia Rules Out Imposed Solution To Karabakh Conflict

Russian Defense Minister Ivanov (left) and Armenian Defense Minister Serzh Sarkisian (file photo) (ITAR-TASS)

May 31, 2006 -- Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov today said that talks between Azerbaijan and Armenia are the only way to resolve the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh.

Speaking in Baku, he said a solution imposed from outside could be counterproductive and dangerous.

Russia, the United States, and France co-chair the Minsk Group of nations tasked with helping solve the 18-year-old conflict.

(Turan, Interfax)