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GARABAGH MEDIATORS 'AWAITING DECISIONS OF PRESIDENTS'
Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
July 6 2006
Baku, July 5, AssA-Irada
The OSCE mediators brokering settlement to the Armenia-Azerbaijan
conflict over Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh are awaiting decisions from
Presidents Ilham Aliyev and Robert Kocharian that would move forward
the peace process and are required to reach a 'framework agreement",
the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and the new co-chair of
the OSCE Minsk Group (MG), Matthew Bryza, has said.
"The document has emerged as a result of a lengthy process.
Certainly, I cannot impose it on either side, but it brings us closer
to reaching a solution to the conflict. Without the presidents'
decisions or advice, we cannot move forward. That's why we are
currently at this stage," Bryza told the Armenian media.
He said the decision to disclose the core principles of peace talks
had been made prior to his recent statement that caused a great deal
of debate.
Bryza told Radio Liberty earlier that the mediators submitted a
framework accord to the conflicting sides.
"I did not make the decision to disclose the principles on the
negotiating table. It was made prior to my appointment to the post,"
Bryza said. He emphasized that the statement did not aim to put
pressure on Armenia.
"I hope that my friends both in and outside the Armenian government
will put an end to speculations. My responsibility is actually to
explain the decisions made by the three co-chairs [from the United
States, Russia and France] prior to my appointment."
With regard to a possibility of a change of power in Armenia prompted
by the disclosure of the gist of talks, Bryza said: "I don't believe
an agreement would lead to a political crisis in any country."
Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
July 6 2006
Baku, July 5, AssA-Irada
The OSCE mediators brokering settlement to the Armenia-Azerbaijan
conflict over Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh are awaiting decisions from
Presidents Ilham Aliyev and Robert Kocharian that would move forward
the peace process and are required to reach a 'framework agreement",
the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and the new co-chair of
the OSCE Minsk Group (MG), Matthew Bryza, has said.
"The document has emerged as a result of a lengthy process.
Certainly, I cannot impose it on either side, but it brings us closer
to reaching a solution to the conflict. Without the presidents'
decisions or advice, we cannot move forward. That's why we are
currently at this stage," Bryza told the Armenian media.
He said the decision to disclose the core principles of peace talks
had been made prior to his recent statement that caused a great deal
of debate.
Bryza told Radio Liberty earlier that the mediators submitted a
framework accord to the conflicting sides.
"I did not make the decision to disclose the principles on the
negotiating table. It was made prior to my appointment to the post,"
Bryza said. He emphasized that the statement did not aim to put
pressure on Armenia.
"I hope that my friends both in and outside the Armenian government
will put an end to speculations. My responsibility is actually to
explain the decisions made by the three co-chairs [from the United
States, Russia and France] prior to my appointment."
With regard to a possibility of a change of power in Armenia prompted
by the disclosure of the gist of talks, Bryza said: "I don't believe
an agreement would lead to a political crisis in any country."