MATTHEW BRYZA SAYS OSCE MINSK GROUP’S ACTIVITY VERY EFFICIENT
Trend News Agency
April 9 2008
Azerbaijan
Matthew Bryza, the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European
and Eurasian Affairs and the US co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group,
said today that it is necessary to give ‘some space’ to the new
President for participation in the negotiations on settling of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
According to Mediamax, Bryza made the statement when commenting
on possibility of participation of unrecognized ‘Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic’ (NKR) in the negotiations.
He did not rule out that the unrecognized NKR may take part in the
negotiations, but said that there is an acting format of negotiations
and it should be stuck to.
"I feel that Azerbaijan has a will to continue the negotiations, but
they have right to seek changes in the document. Me as a mediator
should cooperate with both sides to help them to find ‘common
language’," Bryza said.
As for the OSCE Minsk Group’s work, Bryza said that the mediators are
operating very efficiently and the format is the most acceptable for
the time being.