SLOVENE OSCE CHIEF DISCUSSES SOLUTIONS TO NAGORNYY KARABAKH CONFLICT

STA news agency
29 Aug 05

Ljubljana, 29 August: Foreign Minister and OSCE chairman Dimitrij
Rupel met Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, his personal envoy for Nagornyy
Karabakh, and the co-chairs of the US-Russia-France group, which
deals with the conflict, the ministry said in Monday’s [29 August]
press release.

According to the press release, Rupel’s guests briefed him on the
results of their Saturday meeting with Armenian President Robert
Kocharyan and his Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev.

The situation and possible solutions to the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict
over the Nagornyy Karabakh region topped the agenda at the Saturday
meeting, which took place after the summit of the Commonwealth of
Independent States in the Russian city of Kazan.

At today’s meeting, Rupel urged both sides to use the opportunity
and find a compromise solution for Nagornyy Karabakh, the ethnic
Armenian enclave in Azerbaijan. This was also an opportunity for
Rupel to prepare for the visit to Azerbaijan and Armenia which is
scheduled for next week. [Passage omitted]