GERMAN FM DISCUSSING KARABAKH SETTLEMENT IN BAKU, YEREVAN
ITAR-TASS News Agency, Russia
February 20, 2007 Tuesday 12:08 PM EST
Karabakh settlement principles suggested by the OSCE Minsk Group are
a good foundation for further negotiations, German Foreign Minister
Frank-Walter Steinmeier quoted from Baku and Yerevan negotiations.
"A solution, which will promote lasting settlement of the Karabakh
conflict, can be found on the basis of these terms," he said after
Tuesday negotiations with Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian.
Confidentiality of the negotiations is one of the principles, which
also include the Armenian pullout from occupied Azerbaijani lands,
the deployment of peacekeepers, the international economic assistance
to Karabakh, and, finally, a referendum on the Karabakh future status.
"We would like the region, which borders on the European Union, to have
sustainable political and economic development," Steinmeier said. "We
want to cooperate with the three South Caucasian nations no matter what
organization they wish to join and what energy resources they have."
"The New Neighborhood Policy is a key item of the Yerevan
negotiations," he said, adding that this policy and Black Sea
cooperation will bring the South Caucasus closer to Europe.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
