OSCE MG: ONE CAN’T SAY KARABAKH DOESN’T PARTICIPATE IN CURRENT TALKS

PanARMENIAN.Net
30.06.2008 14:41 GMT+04:00

During a visit to Stepanakert, OSCE Minsk Group French Co-chair,
Ambassador Bernard Fassier said time will come for Karabakh to be a
more active participant in the talks.

"One can’t say that Karabakh doesn’t participate in current talks. I
am hopeful that Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan will find
some common ground, what will offer a possibility to define Madrid
principles concretely," he said.

Commenting on the military parade in Baku, Mr Fassier said that a good
intermediary should have a good knowledge of all parties to conflict,
reported the Public Television of Armenia.

"After the St. Petersburg presidential meeting, the sides requested
the mediators to continue their activities on the basis Madrid
proposals. Both sides have questions and we are ready to coordinate
then with Foreign Ministers," Russian Co-chair Yuri Merzlyakov
said. "The sides can’t reach agreement on 4 out of 14-15 Madrid
principles," he added but refrained from mentioning which principles
remain unsettled.