Karel De Gucht Says Belgian Chairmanship, Minsk Group To Continue Do

KAREL DE GUCHT SAYS BELGIAN CHAIRMANSHIP, MINSK GROUP TO CONTINUE DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO REGISTER PROGRESS IN KARABAKH CONFLICT REGULATION PROCESS

Armenpress
Aug 22 2006

YEREVAN, AUGUST 22, ARMENPRESS: OSCE Chairman-in-Office Karel De
Gucht told in an interview to Armenpress news agency that the Belgian
Chairmanship, in co-operation with the co-chairmen of the Minsk group,
will continue doing everything possible to move the Karabakh conflict
regulation process forward.

"There seemed to be a window of opportunity earlier this year for the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. However, the meetings of the presidents
of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Paris and Bucharest failed to confirm
that opportunity. It will take time and a lot of wisdom and courage
on the parts of both presidents to overcome them," Karel De Gucht said.

Speaking about the military regulation of the conflict OSCE
Chairman-in-Office said "The international community, the OSCE and
the co-chairs of the Minsk group, all want a peaceful settlement of
the issue. Statements that go against this line and call for military
solutions are not helpful. I hope parties realize that a military
scenario would be a disaster not only for the parties, but for the
population and especially for the region as a whole. The international
community will judge severely the party that resorts to violence,"
the Chairman-in-Office said.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS