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April 13, 2006 Thursday 01:06 PM EST

OSCE Minsk group to suggest more ideas for Karabakh settlmnt

by Tigran Liloyan

The Minsk group of the OSCE on Nagorno-Karabakh will suggest to
Armenia and Azerbaijan more ideas for the settlement of the Karabakh
conflict, Bernard Fassier, the co-chairman of the MInsk group from
France, said in Yerevan on Thursday. He said these ideas would enrich
and develop the principles of peace settlement.

Fassier said the Minsk group of the OSCE with three co-chairmen –
from Russia, France and United States – would remain the format of
the talks on Nagorno- Karabakh. Despite the setback at Rambouillet,
the negotiating process goes on, and the co-chairmen act in
coordination, Fassier said.

“The three countries- co-chairmen of the Minsk group on
Nagorno-Karabakh are convinced that there is no alternative to peace,
and continue to say so,” he noted. “War cannot be a way to settle
the conflict,” he said.

The co-chairman from France said the demands of all the parties
involved cannot be fully met in settling the conflict. Compromise
usually means meeting the demands of each party 50 percent. If we
meet their demands 80 percent, this will be absolutely fantastic
success, Fassier said.