PRESIDENTS OF AZERBAIJAN AND ARMENIA DEMONSTRATE ANALOGOUS POSITION ON BASE PRINCIPLES OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT SETTLEMENT: US CO-CHAIR OF OSCE MINSK GROUP
Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
Jan 17 2008
Ilham Aliyev- the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Robert Kocharyan- the
Armenian President, demonstrate an analogous position on the base
principles of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
settlement, Mathew Bryza, the US Co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group,
said on 17 January in Yerevan, Novosti Armenia reports.
"Despite that we do not expect to reach to a concluding agreement
during this visit of the co-chairs to the region, we see that the
presidents of the two countries demonstrate an analogous position
on the base principles of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement,"
he said.
He stated that the time does not play a significant role in the
process of reaching a single position on the base principles between
the Heads of Armenia and Azerbaijan.
"We do not want to establish the false dates for signing the agreement,
but prefer to provide the necessary period to the presidents to widely
analyze each proposal, sentence or the letter," he said.
Bryza spelled out that it needs to expect as long as, both the
presidents move in a correct direction.
In his turn, the French Co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, Bernard
Fassier, said that taking into consideration the positions of the
two sides, the mediators felt the necessity to present the several
explained concrete items.
"We explained to both the sides that our proposals do not contain
traps or ambiguity for anybody. They are the best proposals which
our countries may suggest, to reach on a compromise in resolving the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," he said.