Today, Azerbaijan
Jan 15 2008

Vladimir Kazimirov: "Election campaigns in Armenia and Azerbaijan
will measure sincerity of intentions of the peaceful settlement of
Nagorno-Garabagh conflict"

15 January 2008 [13:28] – Today.Az

Former co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group on the peaceful
settlement of Nagorno-Garabagh conflict, ambassador Vladimir
Kazimirov considers that the resolution of the conflict mostly
depends on the election campaigns in Azerbaijan and Armenia.

He made the due statement during a conference "Expanded Black Sea
region: prospects of international and regional security".

"The international community, primarily the OSCE, must inform the
sides about it", he announced and reminded that political scientists
often called the year of 2007 "a window of opportunities".

"In other words, I would say that the "window of impossibilities" of
2008 must be used to resist all negative events on the four conflicts
on the territory of the former USSR. The election campaigns in
Armenia and Azerbaijan will measure sincerity of intentions of the
peaceful settlement of Nagorno-Garabagh conflict", Kazimirov noted.

The talks on the settlement of Nagorno-Garabagh conflict are held in
a bilateral format between Armenia and Azerbaijan, mediated by the
OSCE Minsk Group, without direct participation of Nagorno Garabagh.

It should be noted that the presidential elections in Armenia are
scheduled for January 19 of 2008, while the presidential elections in
Azerbaijan will be held in October of 2008.

/Day.Az/

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