OSCE HOPES FOR PROGRESS IN KARABAKH PROCESS IN 2009

PanARMENIAN.Net
24.12.2008 18:28 GMT+04:00

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) hopes
for progress in settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict next year.

"We hope we will see progress in 2009," new OSCE chairman, Greek
Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis said.

The OSCE chairman-in-office and Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander
Stubb officially handed over office of the chairman to his Greek
counterpart Dora Bakoyannis at the meeting of the OSCE Ministerial
Council in Helsinki on Dec. 4.

Greece’s chairmanship in the Organization will start on January
1, 2009.

Bakoyannis said Greece believes that frequent meetings between
representatives of Azerbaijan and Armenia will lead to the
establishment of mutual confidence which is essential to resolve
the conflict.

"Greece fully supports these efforts and encourages constructive
engagement from both parties, in line with the Statement delivered at
the Helsinki Summit earlier this month by the French Foreign Minister
on behalf of the European Union," Bakoyannis said, Trend Azeri news
agency reports.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress