AZERBAIJAN NOT TO WIN KARABAKH WAR, MG CO-CHAIR

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March 12 2010
Azerbaijan

Bernard Fassier Azerbaijan’s victory in the event of renewed war
is impossible, French co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group Bernard
Fassier said.

Azerbaijan will not be able to win in the event of renewed hostilities
in the area of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, French co-chairman of the
OSCE Minsk Group Bernard Fassier said in Yerevan Friday.

"Azerbaijan’s victory in the event of renewed war is impossible,
because I know about the bravery of the Armenian and Karabakh warriors"
Fassier said at the Rose Roth seminar of NATO Parliamentary Assembly.

Fassier believes that the war will not bring benefits to Azerbaijan,
because it will cause substantial harm to its financial interests
and oil trade.

The co-chair explained that international investors investing in
the economy of Azerbaijan will not want to have their funds at risk
and abandon investment. According to the French mediator, warlike
statements are demonstrative.

"The people must understand that the neighbors are doomed to live
next to each other", said Fassier, stressing that the use of force and
launching war are not the possible solutions to the Karabakh conflict.