Pan ARMENIAN Network, Armenia
July 15 2005

NO GUARANTEES FOR KARABAKH SETTLEMENT TILL END OF YEAR

15.07.2005 08:55

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ During today’s press conference OSCE Minsk Group
Russian Co-Chair Yuri Merzlyakov stated that the progress in the
Karabakh conflict settlement is obvious. “There are elements that
allow speaking of settlement till the end of the current year.
However there are serious discrepancies and moot questions as well”,
he said. US Co-Chair Steven Mann noted that there are possibilities
but no guarantees for the settlement of the conflict till the end of
the year. “The issue may be settled in a year or in 100 years”, he
stated earlier. When commenting on the issue Personal Representative
of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk noted that even if the
Co-Chairs issue the finite draft agreement on the conflict settlement,
it does not mean that the issue will be resolved. “The agreement of
both parties to conflict is essential. There is no guarantee that a
proposal from outside will be adopted by the conflicting parties”,
he stressed.