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OSCE: KARABAKH CONFLICT MAY BE SOLVED
Yelizaveta Isakova
Voice of Russia
June 22 2011
The forthcoming meeting on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution
in the city of Kazan (the Volga area) may succeed, the OSCE Secretary
General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut told reporters in Moscow.
Nagorno-Karabakh is an Armenian enclave on the territory of Azerbaijan
which proclaimed its independence in 1991.
The conflict was the key issue discussed by the OSCE chief and Russia's
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow.
"The forthcoming meeting in Kazan under the chairmanship of President
Medvedev will follow the working meeting of foreign ministers held in
Moscow last week-end. The process of seeking a set of peace principles
for the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh has been going on since 1992 and
we've had both high moments and difficulties. We had few moments when
the expectations were as high as they are now. The personal commitment
of Dmitry Medvedev and the involvement of the Minsk Group reflected
in a very strong Deauville statement, which clearly calls for the two
parties to make a move forward and adopt 14 peace principles which
have been elaborated throughout many years of negotiations."
Azerbaijan and Armenia are expected to sign a legally binding agreement
setting the guidelines for a peace treaty. Armenia says that it views
one of the main principles as self-determination for the people of
the breakaway region.
The OSCE is also considering another long-lasting
conflict-Transnistria, a breakaway territory between Moldova and
Ukraine. Moscow hosted a meeting in 5+2 format featuring Moldova,
Transnistria, the US and the EU as observers and Russia and Ukraine as
mediators. However, the OSCE chief told the VoR that no consensus has
been reached as Tiraspol refused to sign a draft treaty proposed by
Russia. Next meeting will also be held in Moscow and have an official
status. Brichambaut believes that a breakthrough depends on goodwill
of the parties.
The troubleshooting is hindering by the organization's lack of charter
which makes any action possible only after the approval of all its
56 members. Three years ago this was an obstacle to preventing the
Georgia's aggression against South Ossetia and now this may trigger
more problems in Karabakh and Transnistria . Still, the charter is
unlikely to be adopted soon as the members can't agree on it, says
Brichambaut, who has to talk them into it in a short period of time -
next year his presidency is over and the chief is said to be replaced
by a Swiss diplomat.
From: Baghdasarian
Yelizaveta Isakova
Voice of Russia
June 22 2011
The forthcoming meeting on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution
in the city of Kazan (the Volga area) may succeed, the OSCE Secretary
General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut told reporters in Moscow.
Nagorno-Karabakh is an Armenian enclave on the territory of Azerbaijan
which proclaimed its independence in 1991.
The conflict was the key issue discussed by the OSCE chief and Russia's
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow.
"The forthcoming meeting in Kazan under the chairmanship of President
Medvedev will follow the working meeting of foreign ministers held in
Moscow last week-end. The process of seeking a set of peace principles
for the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh has been going on since 1992 and
we've had both high moments and difficulties. We had few moments when
the expectations were as high as they are now. The personal commitment
of Dmitry Medvedev and the involvement of the Minsk Group reflected
in a very strong Deauville statement, which clearly calls for the two
parties to make a move forward and adopt 14 peace principles which
have been elaborated throughout many years of negotiations."
Azerbaijan and Armenia are expected to sign a legally binding agreement
setting the guidelines for a peace treaty. Armenia says that it views
one of the main principles as self-determination for the people of
the breakaway region.
The OSCE is also considering another long-lasting
conflict-Transnistria, a breakaway territory between Moldova and
Ukraine. Moscow hosted a meeting in 5+2 format featuring Moldova,
Transnistria, the US and the EU as observers and Russia and Ukraine as
mediators. However, the OSCE chief told the VoR that no consensus has
been reached as Tiraspol refused to sign a draft treaty proposed by
Russia. Next meeting will also be held in Moscow and have an official
status. Brichambaut believes that a breakthrough depends on goodwill
of the parties.
The troubleshooting is hindering by the organization's lack of charter
which makes any action possible only after the approval of all its
56 members. Three years ago this was an obstacle to preventing the
Georgia's aggression against South Ossetia and now this may trigger
more problems in Karabakh and Transnistria . Still, the charter is
unlikely to be adopted soon as the members can't agree on it, says
Brichambaut, who has to talk them into it in a short period of time -
next year his presidency is over and the chief is said to be replaced
by a Swiss diplomat.
From: Baghdasarian