Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
Sept 30 2005

Baku, Yerevan should step up progress in conflict settlement –
Armenian FM

Armenian foreign minister has said that the parties to the Upper
Garabagh conflict – Azerbaijan and Armenia – should step up progress
achieved in the conflict settlement. `A very suitable moment has come
about from the standpoint of resolving the Garabagh conflict’, Vardan
Oskanian told a press conference on Thursday.
`There are positive processes and achievements and we should use them
in order to continue the negotiating process and deepen the
accomplishments after the parliament elections in Azerbaijan.’
Legislative poll is due in the country on November 6.
The European Union special envoy on South Caucasus Heikki Talvitie
said that `dynamics’ is indeed discerned in the conflict settlement
and the process depends on whether or not the conflicting sides will
seize the opportunity. The conflict resolution will also assist in
establishing regional cooperation, he added.*