EU: DESPITE OSCE MG STATEMENTS, DOCUMENT ON KARABAKH SETTLEMENT STILL UNDER DISCUSSION

PanARMENIAN.Net
04.04.2008 17:46 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Although co-chair countries of the OSCE Minsk Group
(United States, France and the Russian Federation) have stated that
over the last years the two sides had significantly narrowed their
differences and that only a few issues remained to be settled,
a document elaborated by the Minsk Group, containing the basic
principles for a conflict settlement, which was presented to Armenia
and Azerbaijan at the OSCE Ministerial Meeting in Madrid in October
2007, is still under discussion, says a report issued Thursday by
the European Commission directorate for external relations.

"An informal meeting of President Kocharian and President Aliyev
took place during the CIS Summit in St Petersburg in June 2007. A
significant and well noted people-to-people contact in form of the
visit of a delegation of Armenian and Azerbaijani intellectuals to
Stepanakert, Yerevan, and Baku in June 2007 also took place," the
reports says.

Objectives in cooperation on foreign and security policy, conflict
prevention and crisis management include strengthening political
dialogue and cooperation on foreign and security matters; developing
cooperation in addressing common security threats, including
non-proliferation of WMD and illegal arms exports; strengthening
efforts and cooperation in the fight against terrorism; participation
in regional cooperation initiatives; contributing to a peaceful
solution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

"Since June 2007 Armenia was invited to align itself with CFSP
declarations on a case-by-case basis. It has done so on most
opportunities," the report says.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress