OSCE CHIEF CALLS FOR PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF KARABAKH CONFLICT

Interfax News Agency, Russia
June 10 2008
YEREVAN

Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, who currently chairs the
OSCE, has called on Armenia and Azerbaijan to fully use the assistance
provided by the co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group in the settlement
of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.

In a document released by the OSCE office in Yerevan on Tuesday, Stubb
called on Armenia and Azerbaijan to seriously consider the mediators’
proposal on the founding principles governing the settlement of
the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, saying there is no alternative to a
peaceful settlement of the conflict.

On Monday, the co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group for the settlement
of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict (Ambassadors Yury Merzlyakov of
Russia, Bernard Fassier of France, and Matthew Bryza of the U.S.)
told Stubb about the progress in the conflict settlement. Among other
things, the co-chairmen told Stubb about the results of the meeting
between the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan held in St. Petersburg
on June 6.