RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO AZERBAIJAN: "MINSK GROUP HAS GAINED BROAD EXPERIENCE AND IT IS IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO USE IT"

Today.Az
23 October 2008 [14:37]
Azerbaijan

There are numerous formats discussing the resolution of Nagorno
Karabakh conflict, they are partially supplementing and working
on par and fortunately, none of them work on the opposite course
towards others, said Russian ambassador to Azerbaijan Vasili Istratov,
commenting on the planned meeting between the Presidents of Russia,
Azerbaijan and Armenia.

As for the comments of experts about the weakening of the Minsk Group
activity in the lights of the recent initiatives of Russia and Turkey
for the resolution of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict, the ambassador
that a very good material and broad experience have been gained in the
framework of the Minsk group and it is impossible not to use it. At
the same time he noted that definite proposals on the resolution of
the conflict have been worked out in the framework of the Minsk Group.

"They were not completed because the parties have not yet agreed on
all the points of the draft regulation. Anyway, the resolution can
not start from zero level. The idea that if there is a competition
between different formats and all of them must work in a single
direction should not be excluded", said Istratov.