OSCE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS MADE STATEMENT ON NAGORNI GARABAGH

Democratic Azerbaijan
Dec 8 2006

December 5, statement was made on Nagorni Garabaghat at the meeting
of OSCE Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Brussels.

Statement, approved by 56 OSCE member-states, states: "We are
encouraged by the fact that as result of talks carried out in 2006
owing to efforts of OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs and with support of
acting OSCE co-chair directed to regulate Nagorno-Garabagh conflict,
parties have come closer to achievement of agreement on basic
principles.

We welcome support of these efforts by leaders of G8 during Summit
held in Saint-Petersburg, in July, 2006.

We are insisting on making more active efforts on the part of
Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan for the soonest achievement of
final agreement on these principles during upcoming 2007.

We call on parties to expansion of cooperation for making ecologic
operations, with the help of international community, in order
to prevent fires on the territories and liquidation of their
consequences. These measures may turn to be important step to restore
mutual trust. OSCE is ready to promote in this respect.

We also express our true support to OSCE acting chairman’s personal
representative and his mission, particularly, Mission of Ecological
evaluation and ongoing monitoring activity connected with cease-fire.

We regret that incidents happen throughout front line, which cause
death of people, and we call both parties to follow cease-fire regime".