OSCE HEAD TO CALL ON YEREVAN AND BAKU TO AGREE ON KARABAKH PROCESS MAIN PRINCIPLES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

PanARMENIAN.Net
15.05.2007 17:13 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ OSCE Chairman-in-Office Miguel Angel Moratinos
welcomes activities of OSCE Minsk Group on the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict and is going to call on the conflicting sides – Azerbaijan
and Armenia to agree on Karabakh process main principles as soon as
possible, OSCE MG Russian Co-Chair Yuri Merzlyakov stated.

On May 10 Spanish Foreign Minister OSCE Chairman-in-Office Miguel
Angel Moratinos together with OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs discussed
the ways of peaceful solution to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict in
Madrid. "Before departing for Baku and Yerevan he wanted to know
our opinion and we gave him our estimations. Miguel Angel Moratinos
perceived them and approved our activity. During his visit to the
region the OSCE head also is going to call on the sides to agree the
main principles of settlement as soon as possible," Merzlyakov said.

The Russian diplomat also informed separate consultations were held
with foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Strasbourg May
10-11. "We discussed those basic principles of settlement, which are
not agreed yet. We received reaction of the sides to our offers. We
will continue the work over them and correspondingly prepare our
offers," Merzlyakov underscored without commenting on his opinion on
the reaction of the conflicting sides to the above-mentioned offers.

Merzlyakov informed the Minsk Group Co-Chairs are preparing a visit
to the region at the end of May.

"But the exact day of the visit is not agreed with the sides yet,
since still there is no confirmation from Yerevan and Baku," he added.

The Russian diplomat said, also still there is no firm agreement
on organizing the next round of talks between Armenian and Azeri
presidents in Saint Petersburg June 10. It will be clear after our
visit to the region," OSCE Minsk Group Russian Co-Chair Yuri Merzlyakov
informed, Trend reports.