OSCE HOPES FOR SETTLEMENT OF KARABAKH CONFLICT WITHIN NEAREST FUTURE
ArmInfo
2008-11-30 13:30:00
ArmInfo. The Organization for Security and Co-operation (OSCE) hopes
for settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict within a short period
of time.
Recent activation of negotiation process around settlement of the
Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict aroused hope to solve the conflict
within a short period of time, Goran Lennmarker, rapporteur of the
Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE for the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,
said.
Lennmarker intends to discuss new ideas with Foreign Ministers of
Azerbaijan and Armenia, Elmar Mammadyarov and Edvard Nalbandyan in
Helsinki during a meeting of the OSCE Foreign Ministers to improve
negotiation process on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the rapporteur
of the PA OSCE told TrendNews via telephone from Stockholm.
The OSCE Foreign Ministers will assemble within the framework of
annual conference of the OSCE Foreign Ministers to be held in the
Finnish capital on 4 and 5 December.
"Both sides will get many positive things from solution of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," Lennmarker believes.
According to Lennmarker, after solution of the conflict, Azerbaijan
can cut its military expenditures and internally displaced people
can repatriate.
"I have seen refugees, their difficult life condition and it is
difficult for me to realize that these people even cannot visit
cemetery of their death relatives," Lennmarker said.
"As to Armenia, it can improve relations with neighbor countries,
including Azerbaijan and Turkey, which will stimulate development of
its economy," the representative of the OSCE said.
After Helsinki, Lennmarker plans to visit the region and discuss
possible ways of solution of the conflict with leadership of Azerbaijan
and Armenia.