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    MATTHEW BRYZA: TO REACH POLITICAL SETTLEMENT OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT, ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE TO REACH A COMPROMISE ON NK'S STATUS

    arminfo
    2008-08-05 13:49:00

    ArmInfo. "Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers' meeting in
    Moscow on August 1 was positive. As both Ministers Elmar Mammadyarov
    and Edward Nalbandian stated at their press conference, their one-
    on-one discussion lasted over an hour and was held in a positive mood,"
    American Co-Chair of OSCE Minsk Group Matthew Bryza told APA.

    He said the Foreign Ministers agreed to continue negotiations under the
    Minsk Group to reconcile their countries' respective positions on the
    remaining issues as outlined in the Co-Chairs' November 2007 Madrid
    Document, which sets out suggestions proposed by the Co-Chairs to
    guide the negotiation of a framework agreement for a final resolution.

    "The Co-Chairs' suggestions form a balanced package. It is very
    important to remember that no single element has been agreed. The only
    way any element of the Madrid Document can be agreed is if all elements
    are agreed at the same time in a broad package," the Co-Chair said.

    Matthew Bryza said the Co-Chairs proceed from a starting position of
    recognizing Azerbaijan's territorial integrity.

    "To reach a political settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,
    Armenia and Azerbaijan will eventually have to reach a compromise on
    NK's status. We cannot predict what that compromise will look like,
    or when it will emerge.

    But, the Co-Chairs recommend that the residents of NK play a key
    role in determining their region's status through some type of voting
    process at some point in the future," he said.

    American mediator considers that the specifics of such a voting
    process must be negotiated. "Such a voting process could only emerge
    after the return of internally displaced persons and refugees, which
    could take quite some time," he said.
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