Interfax, Russia
March 26 2010
OSCE head proposes holding meeting of Azeri, Armenian leaders in Astana
Kazakhstan will make the most of its current OSCE chairmanship to
promote the settling conflicts on former Soviet soil, Kazakh Foreign
Minister and OSCE Chairman-in-Office Kanat Saudabayev said.
"Kazakhstan seeks to make its own feasible contribution to the
settlement of protracted conflicts," Saudabayev said at a session of
foreign ministers from the member states of the Collective Security
Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Moscow on Friday.
The Kazakh foreign minister said that during his working visits to the
South Caucasus countries in February he "saw the actual situation in
the conflict zone and learned each sides’ current position." "As for a
peaceful solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict inline with the
Madrid principles, we will be ready to provide all the necessary
assistance to the OSCE Minsk Group and will be ready to hold a meeting
between the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia in Astana in 2010,"
he said.
During its OSCE chairmanship, Kazakhstan will take "all necessary
efforts to consistently promote positive tendencies" in the settlement
of such conflicts, Saudabayev said.