MATTHEW BRYZA: "THERE IS NO MILITARY SOLUTION TO THE KARABAKH CONFLICT"

Today.Az
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Feb 27 2009
Azerbaijan

The co-chairs offered the Azerbaijani side their ideas about how to
overcome differences between Azerbaijan and Armenia in the resolution
of Nagorno Karabakh conflict and these were no formal proposals,
said US co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Matthew Bryza, according to
Trend News.

"We discussed the approach to be used to overcome main differences
between the parties", noted Bryza.

He said the talks in Baku were very constructive, the co-chairs
heard the approach of the Azerbaijani side to ways of the conflict
resolution.

"We have already discussed the statement of the co-chairs
constructively made on February 13", added Bryza.

The OSCE MG co-chairs made a joint statement on February 13 in which
they consider non-application of force to be one of the main elements
of the fair and stable resolution of the Karabakh conflict. The
co-chairs noted that they do not see the military solution to the
Karabakh conflict, said in the statement of the mediators, posted on
the OSCE website.

The co-chairs, according to Bryza, noted that it is very important
to preserve constructive spirit between Presidents Aliyev and Sargsyan.

"We noted that there is only a peaceful solution to the conflict and
there is no armed resolution", said Bryza.

He noted that only after the co-chairs present their ideas and
proposals to President Sargsyan in Yerevan on March 2, it will be
possible to speak of the next meeting of the presidents.