MAMMADOV: INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS’ AS WELL AS CO-CHAIRS’ FORECASTS ON NK CONFLICT SETTLEMENT DID NOT COME TRUE

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
June 7 2006

“The negotiating process between Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents
is very slow and tough.

However, the process is promising to reach the goal by solving small
issues through stages. Though tough, this step should be taken and
the talks should be continued,” President’s Office international
relations department head Novruz Mammadov said to APA.

Stating that the forecasts on the solution of the Nagorno Garabagh
conflict made by several international organizations as well as OSCE
Minsk Group co-chairs did not come true, Mr.Mammadov recalled Steven
Mann’s forecast “2006 will be promising year in the settlement of
the Nagorno Garabagh conflict.”

“The conflict has a strategic content. The interests of several sates
and regions collide here,” he said.

Responding to the question “Then there will be no turning point
in the solution of the conflict this year too,” Mammadov said,
“Decisive steps can be taken to solve the conflict this year.”

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress