GORAN LENNMARKER: "PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF THE KARABAKH CONFLICT HAS NO ALTERNATIVE"

Today.Az
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Feb 9 2009
Azerbaijan

Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan and special representative
of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on Nagorno Karabakh issues Goran
Lennmarker discussed the resolution of the Karabakh conflict at a
meeting on Monday, according to the department of press and information
of the Armenian Foreign Ministry.

According to the press release, by Lennmarker’s request, Minister
Nalbandyan introduced the recent developments in the negotiation
process on the resolution of the Karabakh conflict, results of the
meeting of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Zurich.

"It was noted in this aspect that the Moscow declaration of November
2 of 2008, as well as the statements of the Foreign ministries of the
Minsk Group co-chairing states and the OSCE Foreign Ministers Council
in Helsinki regarding the resolution of the Karabakh problem create
favorable basis for the progress in talks", says the press release.

In turn, Lennmarker noted that the negotiation process in the framework
of the OSCE Minsk Group, may lead to the resolution of the conflict
and voiced confidence that the peaceful resolution of the Karabakh
conflict has no alternative.

During the meeting Nalbandyan and Lennmarker exchanged views on
proposals of the EU Eastern Partnership.