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MINSK GROUP FORMAT IS EFFECTIVE, SAYS ROBERT BRADTKE
Tert.am
15.06.11
The Minsk Group of the Organization for Cooperation and Security in
Europe has at this stage proved effective for the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict settlement, US Co-Chair Robert Bradtke has said.
"The format of the OSCE Minsk Group is quite flexible and is capable
of promptly responding to all the changes taking place in the region,"
Bradtke was quoted as saying at a hearing at the Parliamentary Assembly
of the Council of Europe.
Robert Bradtke further said that the European Union will also play
a big role in the resolution of the Karabakh conflict.
French Co-Chair Bernard Fassier, in turn, said that the EU's role in
the Karabakh settlement will be decisive.
"The EU's role is at least in preparing the civil societies of the
two countries," said he.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict sparked in the early 1990s when Karabakhi
Armenians voiced their intention to live independently from Azerbaijan
after more than six decades of autonomy and sporadic clashes between
the two nations that intensified after 1988.
Later, the tension spiralled into pogroms against Armenians in
Sumgait, Baku and Nagorno Karabakh that turned into a bloody war,
leaving around 30,000 killed and more than a million displaced.
Tert.am
15.06.11
The Minsk Group of the Organization for Cooperation and Security in
Europe has at this stage proved effective for the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict settlement, US Co-Chair Robert Bradtke has said.
"The format of the OSCE Minsk Group is quite flexible and is capable
of promptly responding to all the changes taking place in the region,"
Bradtke was quoted as saying at a hearing at the Parliamentary Assembly
of the Council of Europe.
Robert Bradtke further said that the European Union will also play
a big role in the resolution of the Karabakh conflict.
French Co-Chair Bernard Fassier, in turn, said that the EU's role in
the Karabakh settlement will be decisive.
"The EU's role is at least in preparing the civil societies of the
two countries," said he.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict sparked in the early 1990s when Karabakhi
Armenians voiced their intention to live independently from Azerbaijan
after more than six decades of autonomy and sporadic clashes between
the two nations that intensified after 1988.
Later, the tension spiralled into pogroms against Armenians in
Sumgait, Baku and Nagorno Karabakh that turned into a bloody war,
leaving around 30,000 killed and more than a million displaced.