G8 CALLS FOR SWIFT END TO REGIONAL CONFLICTS

Radio Free Europe, Czech Rep.
June 29 2006

June 29, 2006 — Foreign ministers from the Group of Eight leading
industrialized nations have called for a prompt resolution to regional
conflicts in former Soviet republics and in the Balkans.

In a statement after a meeting in Moscow, the ministers called on
Azerbaijan and Armenia to show the political will needed to reach an
agreement this year over Nagorno-Karabakh.

They also welcomed the launch of direct talks on Kosovo and urged a
negotiated agreement.