ROBERT SIMMONS: NATO HAS INITIATIVE ON KARABAKH CONFLICT SETTLEMENT

PanArmenian News
Feb 9 2005

09.02.2005 14:41

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ “NATO has an initiative on the Karabakh conflict
settlement”, NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for
Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simmons stated at the meeting with
Azerbaijani Defense Minister Safar Abiyev. In his words, mid-February
within the frames of the regional visit a NATO working group will
arrive Baku for finding facts on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. He
stressed that the conflict is dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Group, but
gave to understand that NATO may get involved in the issue. According
to him, during his stay in Baku he held rather efficient talks with
the Azerbaijani leadership, including President Ilham Aliyev, the
Minister of Foreign Affairs and the head of the State Borderguard.
One of the issues discussed was the problem of Nagorno Karabakh. “We
are not mediators, we just examine the situation”, he added.