Garabagh mediators ‘should not stay out’ of talks – Azeri minister
Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
July 14 2006
Baku, July 13, AssA-Irada — Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar
Mammadyarov has said there is a need for further efforts of the OSCE
Minsk Group co-chairmen mediating settlement to the Armenia-Azerbaijan
Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh dispute and the intermediaries should not
estrange themselves from the peace process.
"The co-chairs should not stay aside from talks and just wait for
the proposals of the conflicting sides," Mammadyarov said.
He said nearly all principles have been agreed in the negotiations
and differences remain only on one or two issues. "Discussions in
this respect are currently underway," the minister said.
Commenting on the latest statements by the mediators, he said they
should be seen as the co-chairs’ reporting to the OSCE Permanent
Council on the work done so far.
The US co-chair of the Minsk Group Matthew Bryza said earlier that
the mediators submitted a framework accord to the sides and outlined
its key principles.*