PanArmenian News
March 12 2005

OSCE MG US AMBASSADOR CONTENT WITH KARABAKH TALKS

12.03.2005 03:57

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ OSCE Minsk Group Ambassador representing the
US Steven Mann advises that after making public the report of the
fact finding mission, which worked on the “occupied territories of
Azerbaijan,” to familiarize with it in full, Azertag news agency
reported. “People should understand that the report drawn by the
OSCE mission aims at promoting the negotiations. The Minsk Group
Ambassadors, as well as the US Government also want it,” he noted.
Not commenting on the report, which will be made public at the sitting
of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna next Thursday, Steven Mann
stated that he would not like to make any conclusions before that
time. However, he noted that he believes that “the document drawn by us
is exact and detailed, professionally reveals the matter. A group of
specialists led by Emily Haber has done a top quality work.” Ambassador
Mann, who participated in discussions on the topic of the Caspian
Gas and Energy Security of Europe in Washington March 10, said he was
content with the course of the talks over settlement of the Nagorno
Karabakh conflict. Steven Mann, who is also State Department Advisor
for Caspian Basin Energy Diplomacy, says that the Karabakh issue takes
most of his time. “I am glad to be busy all the time. This means that
the negotiation cycle between the parties continues,” he added.