Trend, Azerbaijan
Jan 22 2010
OSCE Minsk Group co-chair: OSCE chairman’s visit to South Caucasus to
harmonize principles of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict’s early settlement
Kazakhstan, Astana, Jan. 22 / Trend News K. Konyrova /
There should be an early agreement on the basic principles of settling
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, OSCE Minsk Group Russian Co-Chairman
Yuriy Merzlyakov told journalists after a meeting with OSCE Chairman
Kanat Saudabayev in Astana.
"We had a very interesting and meaningful meeting," he said today."
During the talks, we set out our vision of the situation and prospects
for settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The OSCEchairman
expressed support for the efforts of the international mediators."
According to Merzlyakov, Saudabayev’s visit to the South Caucasus in
February will harmonize the principles of the early settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
"During Saudabayev’s forthcoming visit, we can bring to the position
of the three mediating countries (Russia, the U.S. and France) and
chairman of the OSCE, which are in need of early agreement on the
basic principles of the Nagorno-Karabakh problem," he added.
At the end of the meeting, the parties agreed that after the
forthcoming visit of the chairman to the region, they will have
another meeting.