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OSCE MG PLEASED WITH AZERBAIJAN'S DECISION TO POSTPONE CONSIDERATION OF ITS RESOLUTION IN UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 10, 2010 - 19:55 AMT 14:55 GMT
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Igor Popov of
Russia, Bernard Fassier of France, and Robert Bradtke of the United
States, released the following statement:
"The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs (Ambassador Bernard Fassier of
France; Ambassador Robert Bradtke of the United States; Ambassador
Igor Popov of the Russian Federation) traveled to Baku, Yerevan,
and Nagorno-Karabakh September 6-9.
On September 8, with the facilitation of the Permanent Representative
of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk and the
military authorities of all sides, the Co-Chairs crossed the Line of
Contact (LoC) on foot, en route to Stepanakert, to highlight that the
LoC is not to become a permanent barrier between neighboring peoples
and to demonstrate to all parties that the ceasefire of 1994 must
be strictly respected. This marked the first time the mediators have
crossed the LoC since November 2001.
In their meetings with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on September
7, with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on September 9, and with the
de facto authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh on September 8, the Co-Chairs
presented their work plan for the months ahead, as described in their
press statement of September 6. They stressed that a more constructive
approach by all sides will be needed to be able to implement their
plan and to make progress in the months leading up to the OSCE Summit.
The Co-Chairs held discussions with all parties regarding the
previously agreed Field Assessment Mission to the territories
surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, which they will conduct between late
September and mid-October. They presented the elements of their
mission, and they will finalize their preparations for the mission
in the nearest future.
The Co-Chairs again strongly urged all parties to respect the
cease-fire and exercise restraint on the ground and in their public
statements, and called for an end to incursions across the Line of
Contact. While all parties reconfirmed their commitment to the 1994
cease-fire, the Co-Chairs reiterated that it is critical that this
commitment is carried out in practice.
The Co-Chairs welcomed the decision by Azerbaijan to postpone
consideration of its resolution in the United Nations General
Assembly. At the same time they reiterated that the OSCE Minsk
Group remains the sole framework for a peaceful settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Before they return to the region to carry out the Field Assessment
Mission, the Co-Chairs will travel to Washington, D.C. and then to
New York to work with the sides on the margins of the United Nations
General Assembly, as they had previously announced."
From: A. Papazian
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 10, 2010 - 19:55 AMT 14:55 GMT
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Igor Popov of
Russia, Bernard Fassier of France, and Robert Bradtke of the United
States, released the following statement:
"The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs (Ambassador Bernard Fassier of
France; Ambassador Robert Bradtke of the United States; Ambassador
Igor Popov of the Russian Federation) traveled to Baku, Yerevan,
and Nagorno-Karabakh September 6-9.
On September 8, with the facilitation of the Permanent Representative
of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk and the
military authorities of all sides, the Co-Chairs crossed the Line of
Contact (LoC) on foot, en route to Stepanakert, to highlight that the
LoC is not to become a permanent barrier between neighboring peoples
and to demonstrate to all parties that the ceasefire of 1994 must
be strictly respected. This marked the first time the mediators have
crossed the LoC since November 2001.
In their meetings with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on September
7, with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on September 9, and with the
de facto authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh on September 8, the Co-Chairs
presented their work plan for the months ahead, as described in their
press statement of September 6. They stressed that a more constructive
approach by all sides will be needed to be able to implement their
plan and to make progress in the months leading up to the OSCE Summit.
The Co-Chairs held discussions with all parties regarding the
previously agreed Field Assessment Mission to the territories
surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, which they will conduct between late
September and mid-October. They presented the elements of their
mission, and they will finalize their preparations for the mission
in the nearest future.
The Co-Chairs again strongly urged all parties to respect the
cease-fire and exercise restraint on the ground and in their public
statements, and called for an end to incursions across the Line of
Contact. While all parties reconfirmed their commitment to the 1994
cease-fire, the Co-Chairs reiterated that it is critical that this
commitment is carried out in practice.
The Co-Chairs welcomed the decision by Azerbaijan to postpone
consideration of its resolution in the United Nations General
Assembly. At the same time they reiterated that the OSCE Minsk
Group remains the sole framework for a peaceful settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Before they return to the region to carry out the Field Assessment
Mission, the Co-Chairs will travel to Washington, D.C. and then to
New York to work with the sides on the margins of the United Nations
General Assembly, as they had previously announced."
From: A. Papazian