KARABAKH PEACE PROCESS ACTIVE WITHIN OSCE MINSK GROUP: SWISS FM

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April 28 2010
Armenia

Both Turkey and Armenia must be applauded for the strong political will
leading to the signing of Protocols last October, Federal Councilor
and Head of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Micheline
Calmy-Rey said at the PACE spring session.

She pointed out that any step forward in Armenia-Turkey relations
should be considered in the context of normalization.

Switzerland also chairs the CE Ministers’ Committee, thus both
Armenian and Azerbaijani MPs asked Calmy-Rey questions concerning
Nagorno-Karabakh.

Karabakh peace process is actively going on within the OSCE Minsk
Group, she stated, emphasizing the necessity for encouraging meetings
between the Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders. According to her,
the OSCE Minsk Group is actively working to settle the conflict.

Responding to the Azeri parliamentarians’ questions about "20 per
cent of Azerbaijani territories occupied by Armenians", Azerbaijani
refugees’ hopeless situation, the Minister said that "the issue is
within the jurisdiction of OSCE Minsk Group."