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    Trend, Azerbaijan
    July 9 2009



    Armenia's mood on Karabakh issue considerably improved: OSCE MG U.S. Co-Chair

    Azerbaijan, Baku, July 9 /Trend News, E.Tariverdiyeva/


    Armenia's mood concerning the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement has
    been considerably improved, said Matthew Bryza, the U.S. Co-Chair of
    the OSCE Minsk Group, before his visit to Baku from Yerevan, where the
    mediators held talks on the Karabakh settlement yesterday.

    "I think it will lead to some progress in the talks. I hope the U.S.,
    French and Russian presidents will express their opinion on this issue
    at the G-8 summit," Bryza said.

    Leaders of Russia, the United States and France may issue a statement
    on the Nagorno-Karabakh at the G8 summit in L'Aquila, the Assistant to
    the Russian president, Arkadiy Dvorkovich, told journalists, RIA
    Novosti reported.

    The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
    when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
    armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
    including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.
    Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
    co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are
    currently holding the peace negotiations.

    Bryza just said that the Azerbaijani president's statement is fertile
    ground to develop a "framework agreement" to resolve the conflict. "We
    have designed a" framework agreement", some points of which do not
    satisfy Armenia, but there are also some points with which they
    agree," the co-chair said.


    An advance, observed in the Karabakh settlement, indicates that the
    two presidents and two ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan are very
    serious about their work, and both countries support a peaceful
    resolution to the conflict, believes Bryza.

    The next negotiations between the Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents
    will take place in Moscow, he said.

    "Constructive negotiations were held in Yerevan and we hope for such
    negotiations in Baku which will enable us to achieve further
    progress," Bernard Fassier, the French Co-Chair told journalists.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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