OSCE MG AMERICAN CO-CHAIRMAN REGARDS ‘TRANSACTION’ BETWEEN NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT SIDES
Trend News Agency
Sept 16 2008
Azerbaijan
There is a principle of territorial integrity, but if a transaction
is in existence between the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict sides, then all
must accept this transaction, include other principles of international
law and diplomacy as well, the American Co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk
Group, Matthew Bryza, said answering the question on how the present
process of recognition of the newly formed states can be reflected in
the process of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement. The diplomat
added that such transaction is possible, Arminfo newspaper reports.
"If this would be impossible, I would not be here. My chief
(Condoleezza Rice – editor’s notes) considers that such a transaction
is possible, and she asked me to arrive here because of this. As
regards to South Ossetia and Abkhazia, only Russia and Nicaragua
recognized them, and those which occur are illegal in the plan of
international law. If Moscow considers that the conflicts in Abkhazia
and South Ossetia are solved, then it makes mistakes, this is only the
beginning," said the American mediator. At the same time, regarding
Kosovo, Matthew Bryza said: "the United Nations made a decision that
the situation into Kosovo differs from all situations in the world. The
Resolution 1244 says that there is completely more different situation
there than it was in Abkhazia and South Ossetia".
Bryza believes that the Nagorno-Karabakh problem has not military
solution. "I believe that together with our colleagues here, in Baku
and Yerevan, we will come to an agreement that we can resolve all
conflicts only diplomatically," the American Co-chairman said.
The American Co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group on the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, Matthew Bryza, arrived in
Khankendi on a one-day familiarization visit. The American mediator
was received by the so-called president of ‘NKR’ Bako Saakyan.