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P. Semneby hopes soon talks around Karabakh will start again on high level
24.03.2007 13:52 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ EU Special Representative in the South Caucasus
Peter Semneby is a bit worried by the fact that talks around the
Nagorno Karabakh conflict are being carried out less active because of
parliamentary elections in Armenia. Mr. Semneby expresses his opinion
after the meeting with Nagorno Karabakh President Arkadi Ghukassian in
NKR representation in Yerevan commenting on OSCE PA President Goran
Lennmarker’s statement that a peace treaty is possible in summer of
2007 between Armenia and Azerbaijan. At the same time Semneby hopes
very much that soon negotiations on high level will start again and
Lennmarker’s statement will come true. EU’s Special Representative
said, it is important that progress in the settlement process that was
fixed after Minsk meeting between Armenian and Azeri presidents,
served as a base for more active negotiation process.

Commenting on parliamentarian elections in Armenia Semneby stressed
its importance, since it is the first election in Armenia after
signing Action Plan in the framework of European Neighborhood
Policy. `It will serve as a test for our relations, as well as how
Armenia will relate to mutual commitments in future,’ he
underlined. `The EU will actively participate in watchdog process of
elections,’ Peter Semneby said, adding that the large number of
observers from European countries is also a signal for Armenia as
evidence of the fact that European structures pay great importance to
this election, IA Regnum reports.
From: Baghdasarian