CO-CHAIRS ANXIETY FOR NOTHING

Panorama.am
16:45 16/07/2007

"I have already mentioned that it has been some years since NKR has
elections through which NKR is investing for the democracy development
in the area and for the debates effectiveness", answered to our
correspondent the acting head of Press and Information Department
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Karapetyan in answer to Minsk
Group Co-Chairs announcement. After the conference in Vienna on June
13 OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs have made an announcement touching upon
also the NKR elections. The announcement was as follows: As members of
other international structures our countries does not recognize NKR
as an independent country and such "elections" should not influence
on the Kharabakh Conflict peaceful regulation.

V.Karapetyan mentioned that their anxiety is for nothing. The
co-chairs have underlined in the announced that the unilateral
initiatives in other organizations can acuminate the tension and
frustrate the negotiation process. So far they admonish the sides to
be more attentive to OSCE Minsk Group negotiation processes during
the coming months for reaching real progress. They as well expressed
their anxiety that the 2008 year will be an election year for the
two confronting countries, at the result of which the changes for the
progress will remain under the electoral campaign shade. The co-chairs
are also worried about the present developments that doesn’t affect
the citizens’ peace preparation process.

"Threats warlike announcements will apply power from those developments
creating dangerous illusions that the war can be a method of
confronting regulation", the announcement implies.