MATTHEW BRYZA: "I DON’T KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE ANYTHING SIGNED ON THE NAGORNO KARABAKH ANY TIME SOON"
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Feb 11 2009
Azerbaijan
"I don’t know that there will be anything signed on the Nagorno
Karabakh any time soon.
I didn’t see the quote of the ambassador Yovanovitch but. I hope though
that there will be agreement on the basic principals, let say by the
middle of the year, summer time. But it remains to be seen whether
anything whatever will be signed at that point. The basic principals of
settlement, once they are agreed they became an outline of formal then
document that later will be negotiated and signed", said Matthew Bryza,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs
and OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair in his interview with APA. Speaking
about the US ambassador to Armenia Marie Yovanovitch’s statement
about possibility of the framework agreement on the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict, Bryza said he didn’t know the ambassador’s announcements
and quotes. "Again, I didn’t read that quote but I don’t necessarily
anticipate signing of anything this summer unless the presidents say
they do want to sign something. May be they will maybe they will not.
We really need to sustain the positive momentum on Nagorno-Karabakh
that presidents Aliyev and Sarkisyan have built. And their meeting in
Zurich was positive and was the most productive meeting between the
presidents what I have experienced today on Nagorno-Karabakh. They
both are being creative, I mean both presidents, and looking for
the ways to bridge the final differences between their perspective
countries position.
I think we have real chance to do that. We have the opportunity to
help them find the right formulations, right concepts so that we get a
balance and fair agreement and this agreement that will be complicated
and must find some way to take into account the most important issue
for Azerbaijan which is the territorial integrity. By the way, the USA,
Russia, France and all Minsk group recognize the territorial integrity
of Azerbaijan", said Bryza and added that the agreement must taking
into account Azerbaijan territorial integrity, and the Armenian desire
for self determination. "Because that what Armenians say their most
important point is. So there is going to be an agreement. You have to
take it account. And you also should take into account the principle
of non use of force. So I think that we can do this. In fact, we,
the Minsk group Co-Chairs have proposed the way to do that and we are
trying to finalize that text to maintain the balance in order which
mutually agreeable. So that is our priority to get this job done".