OSCE MG: CONFLICT RESOLUTION IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT CONSENT AND PARTICIPATION OF KARABAKH

PanARMENIAN.Net
17.11.2008 12:32 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ NKR President Bako Sahakyan met Saturday with
Co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassador Matthew Bryza of the
U.S., Ambassador Yuri Merzlyakov of Russia and Ambassador Bernard
Fassier of France and accompanying them functionaries to consider
a wide scope of issues related to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict
settlement. The Moscow declaration signed by Armenian, Azerbaijani
and Russian Presidents was also in focus, the central information
department of the office of the NKR president told PanARMENIAN.Net.

During the November 2 meeting, the Presidents Dmitry Medvedev of
Russia, Serzh Sargsyan of Armenia and Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan
pledged to intensify negotiations to end the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.

The declaration envisages resolution of the conflict on the basis of
principles and norms of the international law as well as agreements
and documents concluded in this framework.

President Sahakyan emphasized that NKR values any document that
can contribute to the establishment of a civilized dialogue in the
Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict settlement process. In the meantime, the
he noted that the talks will not be all-embracing without full-fledged
participation of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, especially taking
into account that Artsakh has its own position on the settlement of
the conflict.

For their part, the Co-chairs reaffirmed that resolution of the
conflict is impossible without consent and participation of Karabakh.

NKR Foreign Minister Georgy Petrosyan and personal representative of
the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk also attended
the meeting.