Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
March 9 2007

Kosovo cannot be used as example for Nagorno-Karabakh – French Ambassador

Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend , corr A.Ismayilova / Contrary to his
Russian counterpart Yuriy Merzlyakov, the French Ambassador Bernard
Fassier, an OSCE Minsk Group co-chair who is currently visiting Baku,
stated at a news conference on 8 March that the Kosovo situation
cannot be used as an example for Nagorno-Karabakh.

He did not comment on Merzlyakov’s statement but said that each
conflict has its own peculiarity. `I will repeat my statement made in
Khankendi and that is the situation with Kosovo differs from the
conflicts existing in the post-Soviet area."

Commenting on the necessity for the European Union’s attraction to
the OSCE Minsk Group, Fassier stressed that the EU could contribute
towards the resolution of the conflict, as it is presently doing.
However, the OSCE Minsk Group is directly involved in peace
negotiations.

According to the co-chair, the Great 8, as well as the EU Special
Representative for South Caucasus, Peter Semneby, backs the OSCE
Minsk Group’s activities and this is regarded as political support.

Fassier noted that the EU could play a considerable role in the
formation and development of public opinion and the rehabilitation of
relationships between Azerbaijan and Armenia.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress