US COMMITTED TO THE PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF THE KARABAKH CONFLICT

armradio.am
28.03.2008 14:58

The United States remains committed to the peaceful resolution of
the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, which is the only way to reach real
solution, US Charge d’Affares Joseph Pennington told a press conference
in Yerevan.

Asked about the process of dissolving the OSCE Minsk Group, the
failure of the meeting between RA President-Elect and the Azerbaijani
President in Bucharest and thus the suspension of the negotiation
process, the diplomat said he will have a detailed conversation on
the matter with the American Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Matthew
Bryza who is going to visit Armenia soon. "The Minsk Group is the
only format that will lead to the resolution of the Karabakh issue,"
Joseph Pennington said.

Let us remind that Azerbaijan has applied to the OSCE Secretariat to
start the process of dissolving the Minsk Group, dissatisfied with
the fact of the Co-Chairs’ countries’ vote against the resolution on
Nagorno Karabakh introduced to the UN General Assembly.

The US Charge d’Affaires said that RA president-Elect’s statements
show that he is ready to take the steps that will have Armenia return
to a democratic path. Joseph Pennington noted that the decision
on non-suspension of the financing of the "Millennium Challenge"
is greatly conditioned by implementation of those steps. "We believe
that it would be fair to give an opportunity to the new administration
of Armenia to correct the situation. If we note that positive steps
are being taken and the negative trends are being corrected, it
will positively influence the decision of the Millennium Challenge
Corporation," he said.