SEMNEBY DOESN’T EXCLUDE USE OF MILITARY MEASURES FOR RESOLUTION OF FROZEN CONFLICTS

PanARMENIAN.Net
06.11.2007 17:11 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The European Union’s Envoy for South Caucasus Peter
Semneby does not rule out that military measures may be used to settle
frozen conflicts.

The EU has more effective measures to settle frozen conflicts than
those of military or other, Semneby said in Berlin on November 6.

"These measures were not applied in South Caucasus. In case EU plays
a more efficient role, they may be used," he said, but did not specify
which military measures he meant.

Semneby said that the role of EU in settlement of these conflicts
resulted in inviting 3 South Caucasus countries to the European
Neighborhood Program. "This policy is a long-term political mechanism,
and implementation of the purposes it envisages cannot be achieved
in near future. The main thing is that the Neighborhood Policy plays
a framework role for these countries to reform the society. And that
in its turn will enable civil settlement of conflicts."

Semneby considers important the discussions over frozen conflicts
organized by the PACE Monitoring Committee and the German Institute
for International Affairs and Security in Berlin on 5 to 6 November.

"These discussions are very useful, for it is important to discuss
the issues in Europe. European parliamentarians have to study the
situation with the conflicts in order to pursue their policy in South
Caucasus, to attract European countries to the region," Semneby said,
Trend reports.