MATTHEW BRYZA DOES NOT KNOW WHEN KARABAKH ISSUE WILL BE SETTLED

Azat Artsakh Daily – Nagorno Karabakh Republic [NKR]
09-02-2007

Next week the international energy conference will be held in Paris
where the U.S. and French co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group Matthew
Bryza and Bernard Fassier will meet for a consultation, stated Matthew
Bryza in Baku. According to him, the OSCE Minsk Group works well but
there must be political will for the settlement of the conflict over
Karabakh. According to him, the situation is not complicated, but the
schedule is tight because this is an election year in Armenia. Matthew
Bryza appreciated the development of democracy both in Armenia and
Azerbaijan. He said he feels the issue will be solved but he does not
know when exactly. They are optimistic but they cannot solve the
problem themselves, he said. They are waiting for the presidents to
prepare their publics, and their responsibility is to help both sides
to negotiate, emphasized the U.S. co-chair. Matthew Bryza informed
that in a few weeks time the foreign ministers of Armenia and
Azerbaijani will meet. As to applying the model of Kosovo to Karabakh,
Matthew Bryza said every conflict is unique and the settlement of one
conflict or another should not be used as a model. Bryza said there
are no deep controversies between the parties and they have reached
points in common, which will hopefully help eliminate disagreement on
the main ideas, the APA news agency reports.

09-02-2007