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OSCE CHAIR KEEN TO SEE KARABAKH PROGRESS
news.az
Feb 28 2011
Azerbaijan
The OSCE chairman-in-office has urged the Minsk Group mediators
to step up their work to resolve the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict
over Karabakh.
Audronius Azubalis made the remarks in Astana on Monday after
meeting the Kazakh foreign minister and last chairman-in-office,
Kanat Saudabayev, Interfax-Azerbaijan reported.
"I urge the Minsk Group to step up its work," Azubalis told a briefing
in the Kazakh capital.
He said that agreement could not be reached without good will from the
conflict sides, but also required the determination of all participants
and the main OSCE players, beginning with the Minsk Group.
Azubalis said that Lithuania appreciated Kazakhstan's efforts to
resolve the Karabakh conflict.
Referring to confidence building along the contact line separating
Armenian and Azerbaijani troops, Azubalis said: "We will take what
your president and your minister did and try to promote resolution by
one millimetre, two millimetres, at least to have snipers withdrawn,
at least to execute, one, two or three security measures, measures
of trust. We will see how it goes."
The Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents are to meet for talks in Sochi
on 5 March with the mediation of Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev.
Russia is a co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group alongside the USA
and France.
The group has been seeking a solution to the conflict, which began
in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims on the Azerbaijani
territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenian armed forces occupied a swathe
of Azerbaijani territory from 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh
region and seven surrounding districts. Despite a ceasefire in 1994,
no long-term peace agreement has been reached. Exchanges of fire remain
frequent along the contact line separating the two sides' troops.
The nub of the conflict remains unresolved - the competing claims of
territorial integrity, which Azerbaijan insists takes precedence in
the case of Karabakh, and self-determination, which Armenia wants to
see for the Armenians of Karabakh.
From: A. Papazian
news.az
Feb 28 2011
Azerbaijan
The OSCE chairman-in-office has urged the Minsk Group mediators
to step up their work to resolve the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict
over Karabakh.
Audronius Azubalis made the remarks in Astana on Monday after
meeting the Kazakh foreign minister and last chairman-in-office,
Kanat Saudabayev, Interfax-Azerbaijan reported.
"I urge the Minsk Group to step up its work," Azubalis told a briefing
in the Kazakh capital.
He said that agreement could not be reached without good will from the
conflict sides, but also required the determination of all participants
and the main OSCE players, beginning with the Minsk Group.
Azubalis said that Lithuania appreciated Kazakhstan's efforts to
resolve the Karabakh conflict.
Referring to confidence building along the contact line separating
Armenian and Azerbaijani troops, Azubalis said: "We will take what
your president and your minister did and try to promote resolution by
one millimetre, two millimetres, at least to have snipers withdrawn,
at least to execute, one, two or three security measures, measures
of trust. We will see how it goes."
The Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents are to meet for talks in Sochi
on 5 March with the mediation of Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev.
Russia is a co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group alongside the USA
and France.
The group has been seeking a solution to the conflict, which began
in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims on the Azerbaijani
territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenian armed forces occupied a swathe
of Azerbaijani territory from 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh
region and seven surrounding districts. Despite a ceasefire in 1994,
no long-term peace agreement has been reached. Exchanges of fire remain
frequent along the contact line separating the two sides' troops.
The nub of the conflict remains unresolved - the competing claims of
territorial integrity, which Azerbaijan insists takes precedence in
the case of Karabakh, and self-determination, which Armenia wants to
see for the Armenians of Karabakh.
From: A. Papazian