OSCE MG CO-CHAIRMEN TO PREPARE NEW VARIANT OF BASE PRINCIPLES
arminfo
2008-01-21 09:27:00
ArmInfo. OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen will prepare new variant of the
core principles basing on the proposals given in Baku and Yerevan,
Russian Co-chair Yury Merzlyakov told at a press conference in Baku,
January 18, APA reports.
According to him it would not be right to assess the issue as
divergence between the parties. "One party demands independence,
the other refuses it.
Each of the parties gives interpretation to the core principles’
points important for them. There should not be such divergences after
the principles are coordinated," he said. French Co-chair Bernard
Fassier said that sometimes the parties demonstrate such different
positions that it shows rightness of the co-chairs, who have decided
that the core principles should be determined before the settlement
of the conflict. He noted that the co-chairs decided to give time
to the parties to withdraw from their positions a bit, in order to
assess the highlights, not the details.
American co-chair Matthew Bryza did not attend the press conference,
as he left Baku earlier.