SERGEY LAVROV: THE CONFLICTS OF SOUTH OSSETIA, ABKHAZIA AND KARABAKH HAVE NOTHING IN COMMON

armradio.am
04.09.2008 16:18

There are no parallels between the conflict in South Ossetia, Abkhazia
and Nagorno-Karabakh, the Foreign Minister of Russia, Sergey Lavrov,
told a press conference following the sitting of the Council of
Foreign Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.

"In the case with South Ossetia, President Saakashvili’s regime
conducted the policy of undermining all negotiation formats, all
mechanisms of settlement, which had been earlier agreed upon by
all parties.

Lavrov noted that the Georgian side was continuously undertaking
provocations against peaceful citizens and peacekeepers. Nothing
of that kind is happening in case of Nagorno Karabakh," the Russian
Foreign Minister said.

According to him, the process goes on and the work continues, the
Foreign Ministers and Presidents meet regularly, thus the dialog
is supported.

"Russia will contribute to the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict in accordance with the principles of CSTO and OSCE,"
Lavrov added.