PanARMENIAN.Net
Having Suggested Principles, OSCE MG Still Expects
Responses of Armenia and Azerbaijan
15.09.2006 14:21 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ `OSCE MG co-chairs have proposed a number of basic
principles and we sill expect the responses of Armenia and
Azerbaijan. The two leaders should decide themselves whether they want
to change those basic principles,’ said OSCE MG US Co-Chair Matthew
Bryza.
`It is evident that none of the parties agrees to the basic
principles. Otherwise, one of them would have stated that it agrees
with these fully. One party say they `have problems with the
principles,’ others say `we agree with these in principle, however
there are several small changes,’ stated M. Bryza. In his words, this
summer the mediators stated the degree of their activity will depend
on the response of the Presidents. `They did not provide a formal
response yet. If we enter the electoral period, but the parties say
they would like the mediators to continue their efforts, we will of
course continue,’ the mediator said.
As the election campaign becomes closer in Armenia, the `opportunity
window’ in the Karabakh issue will become smaller, however it is still
`open’ now, Bryza believes. `There is a good opportunity for both
parties to display a creative approach,’ he remarked.
The diplomat underscored that if he had considered the peace process
hopeless, he would not spend his time in vain. Touching upon the terms
of conveying Kelbajar to the Azeri party, the US mediator noted that
it depends on when the parties will built mutual confidence. `I do not
know when it will happen, however the measures we speak about
referring to fires are aimed at creating that confidence. When this
happens, speaking of conveying Kelbajar in exchange for referendum or
Lachin corridor guarantees, that Armenia works for, will be
realistic,’ he summed up, reports Mediamax.