RUPEL: OSCE CANNOT SUPPORT ANY OF THE CONFLICT PARTIES
Yerkir
06.09.2005 13:18
YEREVAN (YERKIR) – Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
(OSCE) cannot support any of the parties to the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict and is trying to reach a settlement in the existing format
of negotiations, the OSCE Chairman-in-office told a news conference
on September 5, news agency Noyan Tapan reported.
Emerging from his meeting with Nagorno Karabakh Republic President
Arkady Ghukasian, Dimitri Rupel did not rule out the possibility
of settling the conflict by the yearend provided there is a great
will. He, however, indicated that the parliamentary election due in
Azerbaijan this November could pose an obstacle.
In his turn, NKR President Ghukasian said it was unrealistic to
expect a settlement by the end of this year. No progress is seen
at this point, he indicated, adding that “there are no negotiations
within the Minsk Group, there are simply meetings.” He also mentioned
that it would be hard to settle the conflict without Nagorno Karabakh
participating in the process.