OSCE: ALTHOUGH MG EFFORTS HAVE NOT RESULTED IN ANY BREAKTHROUGH, PARTIES CONTINUE TALKS

PanARMENIAN.Net
27.11.2007 18:14 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On the threshold of the sitting of the OSCE
Council of Foreign Ministers an annual OSCE magazine was published in
Madrid. Commenting on the outcomes of 2007, OSCE Chairman-in-Office,
Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos called it the year
of ordeals.

"Throughout 2007, the Co-Chairpersons of the Minsk Group, with
the active support of the Personal Representative of the Spanish
Chairmanship, Josep Borrell Fontelles, have continued their
efforts to facilitate a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict. Although these intensive mediation efforts have not resulted
in any breakthrough, the parties remain committed to continuing the
negotiations and finding a common vision to overcome their remaining
differences," he said.

He also welcomed Kazakhstan’s bid for OSCE chairmanship. "This is
the first post soviet state to take an initiative that opens a way
to Central Asia.

The magazine also contains remarks by Foreign Affairs Minister Ilkka
Kanerva of Finland that will assume OSCE chairmanship in the OSCE in
2008, the OSCE press office reported.