OSCE URGES ARMENIAN AND AZERI PRESIDENTS TO REDOUBLE EFFORTS IN KARABAKH PROCESS
PanARMENIAN.Net
05.12.2006 19:09 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "We are encouraged that negotiations [over settlement
of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict] in 2006, facilitated by the Co-Chairs
of the OSCE Minsk Group and supported by the OSCE Chairman in Office,
have brought the sides closer to agreement on the basic principles for
the resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict," says a statement
of the Council of OSCE FMs over the NK conflict, reports the Press
Office of the Armenian MFA. We welcome the support of the leaders of
the G8 to these efforts, expressed at the G8 Summit in St. Petersburg
in July. We urge Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan to redouble
their efforts in the coming year to finalize these basic principles
as soon as possible. We call on the sides, with the assistance
of the international community, to extend co-operation to conduct
an environmental operation to suppress the fires in the affected
territories and to overcome detrimental consequences.
These measures can constitute significant steps toward restoring
confidence between the sides. The OSCE is available to assist.
We also express our continuing support for the Personal Representative
of the OSCE Chairman in Office and his mission to the region and
particularly for their efficient assistance to the environmental
Assessment Mission and for their ongoing monitoring of the
cease-fire. We regret that incidents along the front lines continue
occasionally to result in loss of life on both sides and we urge the
parties to adhere strictly to the cease-fire."