THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE TO A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT – OCSE CHAIRMAN-IN-OFFICE
Trend News Agency
June 9 2008
Azerbaijan
Chairman-in-Office, Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb met the three
Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group in Helsinki on Monday to discuss
developments related to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, according to
OCSE press release.
Ambassador Yuri Merzlyakov of the Russian Federation, Ambassador
Bernard Fassier of France and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
Matthew Bryza of the United States, along with Ambassador Andrzej
Kasprzyk, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office
on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, briefed Minister Stubb on recent
developments, in particular on the meeting between the Presidents of
Armenia and Azerbaijan on 7 June in St. Petersburg.
Minister Stubb expressed his full support for the work of the
Minsk Group Co-Chairs. "Conflict resolution in the OSCE area is
a key priority of the Finnish Chairmanship. I encourage Armenia
and Azerbaijan to make full use of the Minsk Group Co-Chairs’
facilitation and to consider seriously the proposal for the basic
principles for resolving the conflict. There is no alternative to a
peaceful resolution of the conflict," he said.