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BERNARD FASSIER SAYS BLAMING OSCE MG FOR INACTIVITY IS WRONG
Vestnik Kavkaza
Dec 9 2011
Russia
The French Senate held a round-table conference of Armenia and
Azerbaijan on their conflict, initiated by the Azerbaijani embassy,
APA reports.
The sides discussed activities of the OSCE Minsk Group and the role
of French co-chair Bernard Fassier. Senator of Orn, Natalie Gule,
Azerbaijani Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to France
Elchin Amirbekov, representative of the Azerbaijani community in
Nagorno-Karabakh MP Rovshan Rzayev, chairman of the French-Azerbaijani
friendship group in the National Assembly of France Jean Louis Dumon
and French co-chair Bernard Fassier made speeches.
Natalie Gule said that the conflict is not clear enough for Europe.
She underlined the need to study the conflict more in more details.
Rovshan Rzayev said that the Azerbaijani community in Nagorno-Karabakh
is ready to renew dialogue with the Armenian community for peace. But
the Armenian community showed no interest in dialogue with its refusal
to arrive for the meeting in Berlin.
Bernard Fassier spoke about initiatives proposed in the last years. He
noted that the OSCE Minsk Group started work in May 1994 and started
realizing its decisions after 1997. Every version of the document
developed since 2005 is under consideration. Fassier expressed
understanding of the occupation of Azerbaijani territories, but
added that blaming the Minsk Group for inactivity is wrong. None of
the sides could be forced to make a decision, they need to come to a
consensus. The war may restart at any moment. The sides are negotiating
the problem. Russia should not be left with resolving the conflict
in the South Caucasus alone. France and the US are supporting it.
Concerning the Madrid principles of 2007, Fassier noted that the Kazan
talks came to a stalemate. Negotiations may be renewed after a joint
declaration in Vilnius in January. Fassier also reminded that Jacques
Faure will replace him as the new co-chair of France. Faure was working
with the Warsaw Pact Organization in Soviet times.Farhad Badalbeyli,
a member of the Azerbaijani community in the Nagorno-Karabakh, head
of the Azerbaijani Music Academy, Pierre Cones, an analyst from the
Institute of International and Strategic Studies in Paris, Antoine
Constan, a French historian, and Anar Usubov, a member of the Center
for Efficient Initiatives, made speeches at the round-table conference
entitled "the Forgotten Conflict".
Vestnik Kavkaza
Dec 9 2011
Russia
The French Senate held a round-table conference of Armenia and
Azerbaijan on their conflict, initiated by the Azerbaijani embassy,
APA reports.
The sides discussed activities of the OSCE Minsk Group and the role
of French co-chair Bernard Fassier. Senator of Orn, Natalie Gule,
Azerbaijani Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to France
Elchin Amirbekov, representative of the Azerbaijani community in
Nagorno-Karabakh MP Rovshan Rzayev, chairman of the French-Azerbaijani
friendship group in the National Assembly of France Jean Louis Dumon
and French co-chair Bernard Fassier made speeches.
Natalie Gule said that the conflict is not clear enough for Europe.
She underlined the need to study the conflict more in more details.
Rovshan Rzayev said that the Azerbaijani community in Nagorno-Karabakh
is ready to renew dialogue with the Armenian community for peace. But
the Armenian community showed no interest in dialogue with its refusal
to arrive for the meeting in Berlin.
Bernard Fassier spoke about initiatives proposed in the last years. He
noted that the OSCE Minsk Group started work in May 1994 and started
realizing its decisions after 1997. Every version of the document
developed since 2005 is under consideration. Fassier expressed
understanding of the occupation of Azerbaijani territories, but
added that blaming the Minsk Group for inactivity is wrong. None of
the sides could be forced to make a decision, they need to come to a
consensus. The war may restart at any moment. The sides are negotiating
the problem. Russia should not be left with resolving the conflict
in the South Caucasus alone. France and the US are supporting it.
Concerning the Madrid principles of 2007, Fassier noted that the Kazan
talks came to a stalemate. Negotiations may be renewed after a joint
declaration in Vilnius in January. Fassier also reminded that Jacques
Faure will replace him as the new co-chair of France. Faure was working
with the Warsaw Pact Organization in Soviet times.Farhad Badalbeyli,
a member of the Azerbaijani community in the Nagorno-Karabakh, head
of the Azerbaijani Music Academy, Pierre Cones, an analyst from the
Institute of International and Strategic Studies in Paris, Antoine
Constan, a French historian, and Anar Usubov, a member of the Center
for Efficient Initiatives, made speeches at the round-table conference
entitled "the Forgotten Conflict".