OSCE MG DOES NOT IMAGINE KARABAKH SETTLEMENT BY FORCE

PanARMENIAN.Net
03.10.2006 18:06 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Co-chairs of the OSCE MG, within which settlement
of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict proceeds arrived in the region with
a principal to intensify the negotiations, the mediators stated at
a news conference in Baku October 2 after talks with President Ilham
Aliyev and Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov.

"The principal aim of the visit to the region is to restore direct
dialogue between parties to conflict," US Co-Chair Matthew Bryza
said. He noted the pause in the talks during the summer and current
activation.

Russian Ambassador Yuri Merzlyakov also said resumption of direct
contacts between Armenia and Azerbaijan is necessary. "Talks
in Azerbaijan are over, then we will leave for Yerevan, then we
can report the time and venue of the meeting between Armenian and
Azeri FMs. Following that we can speak of a meeting between the two
Presidents," he underscored.

In the words of French mediator Bernard Fassier the differences in the
positions of the parties are hard to overcome. "Coming meetings will
be aimed at resolving differences. Neither Russia, nor France imagine
a settlement of the conflict by force," Fassier said, reports Day.az.