Fassier: In order to prepare for peace, it is necessary to speak about peace and not war
PanARMENIAN.Net
25.01.2007 18:06 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "War will not solve the problem, there can be
only peaceful solution to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. In order
to prepare for peace, it is necessary to speak about peace and not
war," stated OSCE MG Co-Chair Bernard Fassier in Stepanakert after
the meeting with NKR President Arkadi Ghukassian.
Answering the question on EU’s intention to directly work with Nagorno
Karabakh, the French mediator said, "Today via negotiations in the
framework of OSCE Minsk Group the U.S.A., France and Russia are trying
to help the conflicting sides to come to a peaceful solution to the
conflict. On the whole, the European Union has other means to solve
such problems. The Neighborhood Policy is an example. The European
Union can assist the settlement process, but it does not participate
in the talks," IA Regnum reports.
In the framework of the regional visit OSCE MG Co-Chairs on the Nagorno
Karabakh conflict settlement Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia), Matthew Bryza
(U.S.A.) and Bernard Fassier (France) arrived in Stepanakert today.
The mediators have met with NKR President Arkadi Ghukassian and
talked to him several hours. NKR Foreign Minister Georgy Petrossian
also was present at the talks.