I’ve found the answer to my question, which may be of interest, not only for the content, but because it is nothing new, it has been documented and under discussion since 2005, which of course, despite the President’s assertions to the contrary, he knows very well.

These are the RECOMMENDATIONS taken from the International Crisis Group’s Europe Report N°187 – 14 November 2007, entitled “NAGORNO - KARABAKH: RISKING WAR”, which starts with - “Armenia and Azerbaijan have failed to resolve the Nagorno - Karabakh conflict, even though the framework for a fair settlement has been on the table since 2005″.

To the Governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan:

1. Agree before the 2008 elections on a document of basic principles making provision for:

(a) security guarantees and the deployment of international peacekeepers;
(b) withdrawal of Armenian and Nagorno-Karabakh forces from all occupied territories adjacent to Nagorno-Karabakh, with special modalities for Kelbajar and Lachin;
(c) return of displaced persons;
(d) Nagorno-Karabakh’s final status to be determined eventually by a vote, with an interim status to be settled on until that time;
(e) reopening of all transport and trade routes.

2. Failing consensus on a comprehensive document, agree what can be agreed and clearly identify the points still in dispute.

3. Encourage politicians to make positive references to peace and the need for compromise in their 2008 election campaigns.

To the Governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan and the De Facto Nagorno-Karabakh Authorities:

4. Respect the 1994 ceasefire, refrain from the use of force, halt the rise of defence budgets and cease belligerent and provocative rhetoric directed at the other.

5. Promote track two diplomacy and debate about compromise solutions, including on the above principles, encourage parliaments to lead these debates and facilitate contacts between Azeris and Armenians.

6. The de facto Nagorno-Karabakh authorities should end support for settlement of occupied territories with Armenians, including putting an end to privatisation, infrastructure development and establishment of local government structures in those areas;

7. Azerbaijan should allow Karabakh Azeris to elect the head of their community and make a concerted effort to increase transparency and reduce corruption so that oil revenues are used to benefit all citizens, particularly internally displaced persons (IDPs). To the Minsk Group Co-Chairs (France, Russia, the U.S.) and the Wider International Community:

8. Make a renewed effort to secure agreement on basic principles, with remaining points of disagreement
clearly indicated, in order to maintain continuity in the process and to provide a starting point for negotiations between the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan after the 2008 elections.

9. Raise the seniority of the co-chair representatives and make resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict a key element of bilateral and multilateral relations with Armenia and Azerbaijan.

10. Make public more information on the substance of negotiations and avoid artificially fuelling expectations by overly optimistic statements.

11. In the case of the European Union:
(a) increase the role of the Special Representative for the South Caucasus (EUSR), who should observe the Minsk process, support direct contacts with all parties, travel to Nagorno-Karabakh, visit IDPs in Azerbaijan and, with the Commission, assess conflict related funding needs; and
(b) use European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) reviews and funding to promote confidence building, as well as institution building and respect for human rights and the rule of law.
Tbilisi/Brussels, 14 November 2007

Sarkisian ‘Confident’ About Pre-Election Karabakh Deal

Contradicting a recent statement by President Robert Kocharian, Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian has said that Armenia and Azerbaijan could reach a framework peace agreement on Nagorno-Karabakh before the Armenian presidential election.

“I don’t think the presidential election should impact on these negotiations. I am very hopeful, confident even, that we can still reach a conclusion on such a framework before then,” he told Reuters news agency in an interview published late Wednesday.

Sarkisian, who is the favorite to win the February 19 vote, argued that he is aware and approves of the existing peace proposals by the OSCE Minsk Group. “I am well aware of all the details and now when new proposals are coming, there are also coming with my consent,” he said. “That is why I don’t think that the presidential elections can disturb the negotiation process.”

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Sources privy to the negotiating process say the parties have essentially accepted the main points of the framework accord and mainly disagree on how those should be phrased.

[…]

The Kocharian administration’s stated readiness to revert to the so-called step-by-step strategy of conflict resolution thus represents a major policy change. Analysts say that by embracing the proposed deal Sarkisian would significantly boost Western support for his bid to succeed Kocharian as Armenia’s president.

[…]

Ter-Petrosian and his pro-Western loyalists claim that neither Kocharian or Sarkisian is committed to compromise on Karabakh. Ter-Petrosian has repeatedly said that the two Karabakh-born men, whom he had promoted to high-ranking positions in Yerevan in the 1990s, believe that the best way to ensure continued Armenian control over the territory is to perpetuate the status quo.

http://www.armenialiberty.org/armeniareport/report/en/2007/12/B97DC052-9E95-46BB-9180-3784CE17671D.asp