CO-CHAIRS OF THE OSCE MINSK GROUP HOPE THE PARTIES WILL BE ABLE TO BRIDGE REMAINING DISAGREEMENTS
Regnum
Jan 29 2009
Russia
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group Mattew Bryza (USA), Yuri
Merzlyakov (Russia), Bernard Fassier (France) released a joint
statement over the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement.
As informed a REGNUM, it is says it the document, that on January,
28 in Zurich had been organized a meeting of the President of Armenia
Serzh Sargsyan and the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, in
accordance to the results of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs visits
to Yerevan and Baku and their meetings with the Foreign Ministers of
two countries Edward Nalbandyan and Elmar Mammadyarov. The Co-Chairs
get acquainted with the positions of both Presidents concerning basic
principles of settlement of the conflict, due to course of the talks.
"The Co-Chairs submitted the two Presidents their proposals to finalize
the Basic Principles on the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict, proceeding from the proposal presented to the sides at the
OSCE Ministerial Conference in Madrid in November 2007", it is said in
the document. It is stressed, that the Co-Chairs agreed to work with
the Foreign Ministers on elaborating proposals for the consideration
of the two Presidents on the most important remaining differences
between the sides. "The Co-Chairs hope, in the near future, sides
will be able to overcome remaining disagreements to provide a peace
agreement, which is far better than, status quo for all parties. Their
goal is a just and balanced agreement based on the principles of
territorial integrity, self-determination, and non-use of force,
set in the Helsinki Final Act", — summed up in the statement.