OSCE MG TO VISIT REGION IN JANUARY TO DISCUSS PROPOSALS SUBMITTED TO SIDES IN MADRID
PanARMENIAN.Net
14.12.2007 14:16 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ December 11, the Co-chairs will of the OSCE Minsk
Group on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement, Yuri Merzlyakov
of Russia, Bernard Fassier of France and Matthew Bryza of the United
States as well as personal representative of the OSCE CiO, Amb. Andrzej
Kasprzyk met in Helsinki with new OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish
Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva.
Ambassador Merzlyakov told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter that the
mediators briefed the new OSCE Chairman-in-Office on the activities the
MG carried during 2007. "In mid-January the Co-chairs will obviously
arrive in the region to discuss the proposals submitted to the sides
in Madrid. We expect positive outcomes," he said.
The Russian diplomat reminded that the talks are held in terms of basic
principles, some of which refer to determination of Karabakh’s future
status. He emphasized that the contents of the package submitted to
the sides have been known for a year already and majority of the have
been approved by the parties to Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
The package of proposals was conveyed to the Armenian and Azerbaijani
Foreign Ministers during the OSCE summit held in Madrid early in
December.