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MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS ISSUE STATEMENT
armradio.am
10.09.2010 18:42
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) travelled 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/Khankhendi, 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 President Serzh Sargsian 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
armradio.am
10.09.2010 18:42
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) travelled 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/Khankhendi, 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 President Serzh Sargsian 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