ANDRZEJ KASPRZYK: KARABAKH CONFLICT ISN’T PROTRACTED OR FORGOTTEN, BUT DORMANT

PanARMENIAN.Net
25.09.2007 14:46 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "The Nagorno Karabakh conflict is not a protracted
or forgotten, but a dormant conflict," the special representative
of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk said
24 September during the "Prospects for Peace in Nagorno Karabakh"
international conference in London.

The special representative gave a report on the negotiations between
Armenia and Azerbaijan noting that the sides have failed to get things
moving so far. "However, everything depends on the political will of
both parties," he said.

Amb. Kasprzyk regretted about casualties at the frontline.

For his part, the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus,
Mr Peter Semneby said in his speech that the development of relations
between the European Union and the South Caucasus states within
implementation the European Neighborhood Policy initiatives would
play a great role in resolution of the conflict.

The conference which took place in the International Institute
for Strategic Sciences was organized by the coalition Consortium
of Initiatives which brings together several international NGOs,
including Consolidation Resources, Link and International Alert.

These NGOs are dealing with the conflicts and have vast experience
in resolution of conflicts in the Caucasus.

The conference was also attended by the parliamentarians of Azerbaijan
and Armenia, the Armenian Ambassador to the UK, chairman of the
U.S.-Armenian Chamber of Commerce, representatives of the European
Parliament and NGOs as well as Azerbaijani and Armenian media,
journalists from BBC, Guardian, Aberdeen and Cambridge Universities,
Trend news agency reports.