JULIE FINLEY: OSCE MINSK GROUP’S ROLE IN SETTLEMENT OF NAGORNO KARABAKH CONFLICT HAS NOT WEAKENED

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
March 29 2007

"I can not say that the current situation in the settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict shows weakening role of the OSCE Minsk Group
in this process," US Ambassador to OSCE Julie Finley told journalists
in Baku, APA reports.

Saying that OSCE MG continues to play a main role in the negotiations
for the solution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Armenia
and Azerbaijan, the ambassador noted that the European Union is also
taking part in this process.

"OSCE’s role in the negotiating process is not weakening. On the
contrary, OSCE Chairman-in-Office Miguel Angel Moratinos and his
predecessor Karel de Gucht have always supported the settlement of
the conflict. The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict remains to be one of the
most difficult conflicts," the ambassador underlined.