EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE’S VISIT TO NAGORNO-KARABAKH SHOULD NOT CAUSE DISPUTES: EU SR

Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
Nov 15 2007

Peter Semneby, the European Union (EU) Special Representative for
South Caucasus, said in an exclusive interview with Mediamax that the
EU SR’s tour of Nagorno-Karabakh should be a source for disputes.He
was commenting on reports urging that his long ago scheduled visit
to Stepanakert will not be paid due Baku’s demands of visiting
Nagorno-Karabakh via Azerbaijan, but not Armenia.

"I have no intention to go into details of the ways I am going to
tour Nagorno-Karabakh. I want to say that the EU is eager to be of
benefit and we want to support the existing efforts for the resolution
of the conflict. Any visit by the EU SR should not become a source of
disputes. This is the important criterion. Both sides are tempted to
use any foreign force as a way to consolidate their claims in this
conflict. It is disappointing, because such an approach deprives us
from the freedom of acting, and the sides from the tools for moving
forward," Semneby said.

He repeated his intention of touring the Nagorno-Karabakh, but avoided
to publicize the date and ways.