Armenian foreign minister and OSCE secretary general met in Strasbourg

2008-05-08 15:32:00

ArmInfo. Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan and OSCE Secretary
General Marc Perrin de Brichambaud met in Strasbourg yesterday.

As press-service of Armenian Foreign Ministry reports, over the meeting
they touched on the problems regarding the Karabakh conflict
settlement, cooperation with OSCE Yerevan office, the OSCE ODIHR report
on the presidential election in Armenia. Armenian foreign minister
informed about his meeting with Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar
Mammadyarov and the OSCE MG co-chairs and said that Armenia highly
appreciates efforts of the co-chairs directed to reaching settlement.
He also added that Armenia is ready to continue the negotiating process
on the basis of suggestions made by the intermediaries. The minister
also said that Armenia is against all the steps which may hinder the
OSCE MG efforts and may break the content of the talks. He also said he
is pleased with cooperation level with OSCE Yerevan office. He
presented the actions of the political leadership of the country
directed to creation of mutual trust atmosphere and establishing of
dialogue between different political forces. He also said a working
group was set up on fulfillment of suggestions of PACE Resolution 1609
and added that in this context political coalition of the country is
ready to make consistent reforms regarding extension of the opposition
potential in the politica system, raising the people’s trust in the
election processes, freedom of speech and independence of mass media,
as well as bringing the court system in line with Europe