Sides Should Exert Efforts for Karabakh Conflict Soonest Settlement

PanARMENIAN.Net
24.07.2006 17:45 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The European Union regrets over the failure
to reach agreement on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict within the
framework of the G8 summit, EU Envoy for the South Caucasus Peter
Semneby stated at a news conference in Yerevan. In his words, the
talks should go on and the sides should exert every effort for the
soonest settlement. "Next year the borders of the European Union
will closely approach the region. That is why the EU attaches such
importance to the Karabakh conflict resolution," Semneby remarked.

He also underscored that the EU doesn’t immediately take part in the
talks but is ready to assist in establishing trust between the states,
what is possible within the European Neighborhood Policy. At that
the Finnish diplomat said there is no reason for changing the format
of the talks. "We are not going to substitute the OSCE MG. That is
why I am not speaking of any new proposals or ways of settlement,"
the EU Special Representative said.