Baku Today, Azerbaijan
April 14 2006

War Worst Option For All Parties Of Conflict, Says Bernard Fasye

The Co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group warned all parties of the
conflict that war is the worst option and war means new victims,
tragedies, orphans, destructions, refugees and meaningless expense.

Irregardless of the outcome of a war, the sides will find themselves
in the situation that existed before the war, said Bernard Fasye,
French co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group, at a press conference
yesterday in Yerevan.

He urged the parties to put off the dispute about who declared
started the war and who settled in Nagorno Karabakh first. It is
necessary to build a peaceful future as neighbors, he added.
Fasye said format of negotiations cannot be changed, it can be
“adapted,” but not replaced. It is impossible to fully resolve the
conflict, because of the absolutely opposite demands of the sides. He
added that the co-chairmen are seeking, for the basis of the future
settlement, to prepare the framework agreement.
The co-chairmen’s hopes for the talks in Rambouillet went unrealized,
but negotiations did not reach an impasse, they continue, he said. In
early May the co-chairmen intend to meet again in Moscow and then
together visit the region to prepare for another meeting between the
Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents.
“Right now I cannot say the place or date of the meeting, because
they are yet to be determined. But the co-chairmen will use every
opportunity to organize the meeting in June or July,” he stressed.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress