EU BEST ASSISTANCE TO KARABAKH PROBLEM COULD BE JOINING OSCE MG

PanARMENIAN.Net
07.03.2007 14:58 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "The European Union has become increasingly
involved during the past years in the South Caucasus especially
after the inclusion of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia in the European
Neighborhood Policy (ENP). In 2007 the EU, together with South Caucasus
states, will start preparing projects to benefit from funding of the
ENP Initiative," said Sabine Freizer, the Director of Europe Program
of the International Crisis Group.

"Since 2006 a new EU Special Representative, Ambassador Semneby, has
also been active on conflict related issues. The EU has also increased
its political statements on regional conflicts, and is likely to
include a series of conflict related projects under ENPI funding. In
this regard, Georgia has particularly been successful in lobbying
the EU to take a stronger political role in assisting to resolve
its conflicts in South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The EU’s capability to
address conflict in the South Caucasus is clearly growing. But that
does not mean that it is going to use military force rather it will
help through political statements and project implementation.

I think that one way the EU could better assist in the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict resolution is to become a member of the OSCE Minsk Group,"
she said, reports Trend news agency.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress