DIMITRIJ RUPEL: RESOLUTION OF THE FROZEN CONFLICTS IN TRANSDNIESTRA, SOUTH OSSETIA AND NAGORNO-KARABAKH IS IMPORTANT FOR US

Azeri Press Agency
Jan 24 2008
Azerbaijan

Chairman of the European Union, Slovene Foreign Minister Dimitrij
Rupel addressed the OSCE Permanent Council today, APA reports.

Speaking about European Union’s priorities Dimitrij Rupel noted that
Kosovo remained as much a concern today as in 2005, when Slovenia held
the OSCE’s Chairmanship and Minister Rupel was the Organization’s
Chairman-in-Office and said the Organization should continue its
important work in Kosovo. He also touched on the elections in OSCE
area this year. Minister Rupel said the EU strongly supports the
OSCE’s election-observation work and called on all OSCE participating
States to enable the Organization’s Office for Democratic Institutions
and Human Rights "to observe their elections without restriction,
in accordance with established practice and in line with the spirit
of their commitments."

Minister Rupel also expressed the EU’s appreciation for the OSCE’s
efforts aimed at resolving the frozen conflicts in Transdniestra,
South Ossetia and Nagorno-Karabakh.

"The European Union fully supports the work of the OSCE," he said.