GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER: OSCE SHOULD NOT AGREE WITH FROZEN CONFLICTS IN POST SOVIET COUNTRIES

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
Jan 18 2007

"OSCE should not agree with unsettled and frozen conflicts in Post
Soviet countries," Frank-Walter Steinmeier, German Foreign Minister
said in the meeting of OSCE Permanent Council, OSCE Vienna office
told the APA.

The minister chairing the European Union since January 1 stressed
the importance of the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict.

"We call to the parties to profit from OSCE mediation in the settlement
of the conflict. The EU will help the countries ready for constructive
dialogue," he said.

Frank-Walter Steinmeier said that OSCE and the EU should cooperate in
the regions like Kosovo and Central Asia. He said the EU will follow
OSCE practice on the issues of democracy, human rights, economic
development and ecological issues.