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    APA, Azerbaijan
    May 16 2009


    Bernard Fassier: Final document will not be signed at the
    St. Petersburg meeting of the presidents

    [ 16 May 2009 11:56 ]

    Baku. Viktoria Dementieva ` APA. `Elements on the settlement of the
    Nagorno Karabakh conflict were determined in Prague and we should
    coordinate these elements together,' French co-chair of OSCE Minsk
    Group Bernard Fassier told journalists at Heydar Aliyev international
    airport, APA reports.

    He said that the co-chairs decided to continue working on the issue as
    soon as possible. Bernard Fassier said American co-chair Matthew Bryza
    will visit the region to advance the process on the eve of the
    St. Petersburg meeting and Russian co-chair Yuri Merzlyakov will make
    preparations for the St. Petersburg meeting. Asked whether the process
    of negotiations will end and any document will be signed in the
    upcoming meeting, Bernard Fassier said the process of negotiations is
    a long process and underlined that it is impossible to sign final
    document in the St. Petersburg.

    `The process will end when the presidents are ready to sign peace
    agreement. We are still at the beginning of the process. The co-chairs
    have proposals to be put to discussion during the presidents'
    meetings. It depends on the presidents when these meetings will be
    held and the peace agreement will be signed. We had better confirm
    compromise on three items and pass the other items. The text of the
    agreement can be prepared after all the proposals are agreed on. The
    draft agreement can be signed after the discussions,' he said.

    To the question `How much time is required for the final solution of
    the conflict?' Fassier said.
    `I hope the final solution of this problem will be, for instance,
    earlier than the conflict in the Near East. The talks between Israel
    and Palestine have been lasting for over half a century,' he said.

    Leaving Baku for Ankara French diplomat underlined that he will have
    discussions with Turkish officials.
    `This is one of the usual discussions between the members of the Minsk
    Group France and Turkey. We will discuss all current issues. There
    have recently been many visits from Turkey to Azerbaijan. We will
    discuss them,' he said.
    Bernard Fassier said normalization of Turkey-Armenia relations should
    not be confused with Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict.
    `These are different and parallel processes,' he said.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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