Format of negotiations on peaceful solution of Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict not to be changed – Special EU Envoy

TREND Information, Azerbaijan
July 24, 2006

Author: A.Mammadov

The format of negotiations on the peaceful solution of Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict will not be changed – it will remain as OSCE Minsk Group,
Peter Semneby, the special envoy of European Union for South Caucasian
countries, told on July 24 at a joint press-conference with the
Armenian foreign minister Vardan Oskanyan.

"The possibility of changing the format isn’t discussed. OSCE Minsk
Group remains responsible for the talks," told special envoy.

The Minsk Group has been functioning since 1992, Trend reports with
reference to ARKA. Its goal is to provide assistance to the settlement
of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. At the moment, the chairman-countries
of OSCE Minsk Group are Russia, France and USA.

Semneby arrived in Armenia on July 23. The visit will be completed
on July 25.

Peter Semneby was appointed to the position of special envoy of
European Union for South Caucasian countries on March 1, 2006.