CQ Transcriptions
October 29, 2008 Wednesday
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS SEAN MCCORMACK HOLDS
STATE DEPARTMENT REGULAR NEWS BRIEFING
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QUESTION: Moscow has launched an initiative to try to solve the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The two presidents of Armenia and
Azerbaijan agreed to meet next week in Moscow.
QUESTION: Do you see (inaudible) Russian initiative?
MCCORMACK: Yes, we do. We — we have been working on this issue for
quite some time. I think, a lot of you guys have catalogued those
efforts over the years. And working through the OSCE and the MENS (ph)
Group.
But, I guess, to bottom line — bottom line it for you, we’re pleased
by this initiative that Moscow is undertaking and we hope that the
initiative succeeds. We are monitoring it — monitoring it very
closely.