Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
Jan 14 2008
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs visit the region
[ 14 Jan 2008 13:08 ]
Matthew Bryza: We will learn the parties’ opinion of the proposals
presented in Madrid
The Russian co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group arrived in Baku yesterday
afternoon. The American co-chair Matthew Bryza and French co-chair
Bernard Fassier arrived in Baku in the evening. APA’s special
correspondent in Heydar Aliyev International Airport Tamara
Grigoryeva reports that Matthew Bryza told journalists they will
continue negotiations. The co-chair said that the aim of the visit is
to learn the parties’ opinion of the new proposals presented at the
recent meeting with Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers. The
American co-chair also said that they are expected to attend the next
OSCE monitoring on the frontline. According to the co-chair, they
hope they will attend such a process.
Matthew Bryza said signing any peace agreement before the
presidential elections in Armenia is not realistic and underlined
that the possibility of improving the process of negotiations during
this period is not an exception.
The French co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group Bernard Fassier wished
progress to the parties concerning Nagorno Karabakh process in the
New Year. According to the co-chair, those who say there was no
improvement in the process in 2007 are unaware of the details of
Madrid meeting. Bernard Fassier said that the OSCE member countries
worked together in Madrid and presented new proposals to the parties.
The co-chair also said he does not await that one of the parties will
accept all proposals or be ready for all compromises.
`This is a process where both parties should compromise,’ he said.
Bernard Fassier gave a positive answer to the question concerning the
meeting with head of Nagorno Karabakh’s Azerbaijani community Nizami
Bahmanov. He said that working in large composition will possibly
produce positive results. The French co-chair expressed his hope that
the elections in Azerbaijan and Armenia will not freeze the process
of negotiations.
The co-chairs will today have a meeting in Azerbaijani Foreign
Ministry. /APA/