PARTIES CLOSE TO SETTLEMENT OF KARABAKH CONFLCIT, OSCE RUSSIAN CO-CHAIR SUPPOSES

05.04.2005 08:44

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Russian Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Yuri
Merzlyakov has positively assessed the current stage of the talks
over the Karabakh problem and noted that parties are close to its
settlement. From that point of view he indicated the importance of
the potential meeting of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan.
The moment has come for the two state leaders to give concrete
instructions to their ministers and mediators on the future actions,
Merzlyakov said in an interview with RFE/RL. In his words, the OSCE
Minsk Group already has a package, which can be suggested to Robert
Kocharian and Ilham Aliyev. Now everything depends on the decisions
of the Presidents of the two countries, the Russian diplomat noted.
At that he added that that the Armenian and Azeri authorities should
make certain concessions, however the societies in both countries
are not ready to compromise yet and much has to be done to that end.
Today it is clear that the settlement of the Karabakh problem can
only be political, Yuri Merzlyakov emphasized.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress