SERGEY KAPINOS: WE CAN’T DECIDE FOR KARABAKH
PanARMENIAN.Net
15.03.2010 15:55 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The OSCE Office in Yerevan celebrates its 10th
jubilee in 2010.
During a news conference in Yerevan, the head of the Office, Mr.
Sergei Kapinos specified the main OSCE-implemented programs in Yerevan,
covering the following sectors: military, political, ecological,
economic, human rights, democratic and state governance.
"Last year, the OSCE bureau realized 53 projects," he noted.
In his recent statement, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Emeritus
Goran Lennmarker advised against altering Karabakh negotiations format,
stressing that RA President, as a native, will be able to present
Karabakh interests to best advantage. Commenting on the statement
specified, Mr. Kapinos said: "Nagorno Karabakh should be engaged in
talks. We can’t decide for it."
He also emphasized that "destruction of the existing format is pregnant
with unpredictable consequences."
The conflict between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan broke out as
result of the ethnic cleansing the latter launched in the final years
of the Soviet Union. The Karabakh War was fought from 1991 (when the
Nagorno Karabakh Republic was proclaimed) to 1994 (when a ceasefire
was sealed by Armenia, NKR and Azerbaijan). Most of Nagorno Karabakh
and a security zone consisting of 7 regions is now under control
of NKR defense army. Armenia and Azerbaijan are holding peace talks
mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group up till now.
The OSCE Minsk Group was created in 1992 to encourage a peaceful,
negotiated resolution to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. The Minsk
Group is headed by a Co-Chairmanship consisting of France, Russia and
the United States. The main objectives of the Minsk Process are as
follows: Providing an appropriate framework for conflict resolution
in the way of assuring the negotiation process supported by the Minsk
Group; Obtaining conclusion by the Parties of an agreement on the
cessation of the armed conflict in order to permit the convening of
the Minsk Conference; Promoting the peace process by deploying OSCE
multinational peacekeeping forces.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
