KANAT SAUDABAYEV SAYS BELIEVES IN FAVORABLE VARIANT OF OUTCOME

Aysor
Feb 15 2010
Armenia

OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Kazakhstan’s Secretary of State and Foreign
Minister Kanat Saudabayev said he believes in favorable variant of
outcome in the process of settlement to the Karabakh conflict and
said intends to set to work over this issue in 2010.

"We have reasons to be optimistic standing from the results of heavy
negotiations," said Kanat Saudabayev at the joint conference with
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mamedyarov following after their
today’s bilateral meeting in Baku. In particular, Kanat Saudabayev
kept in view the results of talks between foreign ministers of Armenia
and Azerbaijan, and trilateral Armenia-Azerbaijan-Russia meeting in
Russia’s Sochi.

"If the two parties hold on to the reached principles, this will be
a reason to be optimistic," said Kanat Saudabayev. He also stressed
that it’s very important to Kazakhstan as the OSCE chairperson to
see all range of issues over the Karabakh conflict.

"It’s very important to us to listen to all parties of the conflict.

We know the conflict’s roots and we have friendly relations with
both sides. I hope the constructive results of the talks in Baku will
provide those advises and recommendations that we will focus on during
our activities."

It’s worth mentioning, that Kanat Saudabayev is on a visit to Baku
and is reported to leave Azerbaijan for Armenia this evening.