OSCE CHAIRMAN DISCUSSES REGIONAL SECURITY IN YEREVAN
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Feb 16 2010
Azerbaijan
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan’s Secretary of State and
Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev discussed regional security issues
with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian in Yerevan.
Saudabayev stressed the importance of withdrawing snipers from
the contact line between the armed forces in the area of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
"Any measures aimed at defusing the situation should be supported
and implemented, including those regarding the presence of snipers
on the frontline," he said at a news conference today.
"During today’s meeting, we continued to discuss issues and prospects
of further deepening Armenian-Kazakh relations, as well as several
regional and international issues, and issues of cooperation within
international organizations," Nalbandian said at a news conference
today.
According to the official, given the OSCE’s role in resolving the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the the negotiation process and Armenia’s
efforts to find a peaceful resolution to the conflict were discussed
at the meeting. The parties also talked about healing Armenian-Turkish
relations.
Kazakh Foreign Ministry International Information Committee Chairman
Roman Vasilenko, who also participated in the meeting, said Astana
is an honest broker and impartial mediator, supporting OSCE’s peace
efforts in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict within the Minsk Group.
"We attach great importance to the protracted conflict and analyze
from a realistic point of view. If we can move processes forward,
then that will be great progress," he said.
The OSCE chairman is on visit to the South Caucasus Feb. 14-17.
Saudabayev, who arrived in Yerevan on a two-day visit, will meet with
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan.