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    US MEDIATOR UPBEAT ON KARABAKH SETTLEMENT TALKS

    Mediamax
    Dec 4 2008
    Armenia

    Yerevan, 4 December: OSCE Minsk Group's US co-chairman Matthew Bryza
    has said that the meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign
    ministers in Helsinki became another step in the negotiating process
    after the successful talks of the two countries' presidents in Moscow
    and the visit of the mediators to the region.

    Bryza made the comment when speaking on the results of talks between
    the Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers held on 3 December. He
    said that progress can be felt at the talks, although disagreements
    between the sides remain. "The only way to settle these disagreements
    is to continue talks," he added.

    Bryza said that the first clause of a peace agreement [on Nagornyy
    Karabakh] should be about the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan. "But
    there will be no agreement if it does not contain clauses on some
    level of self-determination of Nagornyy Karabakh and on non-use of
    [military] force. All these principles should be included in the
    agreement, and this is the main task of the presidents - to find a
    common language," Bryza said.

    "The main thing is that the two countries' presidents feel to some
    extent the beginning of mutual trust. Undoubtedly, there is already
    respect between them, and trust will be obtained step by step," he
    said. Bryza pointed out there is no military solution to the Karabakh
    conflict. "I know that no-one wants war, including [Azerbaijani]
    President Aliyev," he added.

    Bryza said that following the OSCE ministerial meeting in Helsinki,
    a statement on the Karabakh conflict settlement would be adopted,
    and that the text had been agreed upon. "It cannot be ruled out that
    following today's talks, the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair will make a
    separate statement," he added.
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