US MEDIATOR RULES OUT MILITARY SOLUTION TO KARABAKH CONFLICT – ARMENIAN TV

Public Television, Armenia
Dec 5 2006

[Presenter] Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan met the
co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group in Brussels yesterday. The
sides mainly assessed the current state of the talks after the
meeting between the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents [in Minsk]
and discussed issues of continuing the negotiations.

A session of the Council of the OSCE foreign ministers will probably
made a statement on the settlement of the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict
in the afternoon today. In his exclusive interview to the "Aylur" news
bulletin, the US co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group, Matthew Bryza,
said that the frequent meetings between the Armenian and Azerbaijani
presidents testify to the progress [in the negotiations].

He also noted that the sides are carrying out huge work to achieve
progress. Bryza pointed out that the problem can not be resolved
militarily.

Commenting on bellicose statements by Azerbaijan, Bryza noted that
the military solution to the problem is unrealistic.

[Bryza speaking in English with Armenian voice-over] There is no
military solution to the conflict and any talk on using force is
unrealistic and pointless. There is no military option and we will
have to find a way to complete the negotiations.