LUIS AMADO: SOLUTION CAN BE FOUND TO KARABAKH CONFLICT WITH FULL ENGAGEMENT OF THE PARTIES INVOLVED

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13.07.2007 16:38

The OSCE and the European Union need to find a complementary approach
as they adapt to global challenges such as migration, Portuguese
Foreign Minister Luis Amado said.

"In my capacity of President of the Council of the European Union I
would like to underline the importance of designing a complementary
agenda with the OSCE," Minister Amado told the OSCE’s Permanent
Council. "It is essential that we put together our respective
instruments and tools in order to face the challenges ahead."

He also said the European Union supported OSCE efforts to find a
peaceful solution to the protracted conflicts in Moldova, Georgia
and Nagorno-Karabakh, and that a solution could be reached in
Nagorno-Karabakh in the foreseeable future with the full engagement
of the parties involved.

"Besides these regional issues, the European Union and the OSCE have
to adapt so as to face global challenges," the minister said. Portugal
took over the rotating presidency of the European Union from Germany
for the second half of this year.