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Baltic News Service / - BNS
May 4, 2011 Wednesday 3:05 PM EET
Only peaceful resolution of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict can ensure
sustainable peace and stability - Lithuanian president in Armenia
VILNIUS, May 04, BNS - Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite,, who
is visiting the South Caucasian countries as the head of the OSCE
Chairing State, met with Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan and
stressed that only peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict can ensure sustainable peace and stability.
"The protracted blood-shedding conflicts have already caused much pain
to the affected nations. Any further hostilities would bring yet more
pain and cost more lives. I urge and invite all conflicting parties to
refrain from using force and I call on heads of states of the region
to demonstrate political will and look for exclusively peaceful
solutions. The international community, OSCE, has already proposed
quite a few measures to boost trust. Now real steps must be made to
implement them," the president said said.
The two presidents also discussed Lithuanian-Armenian bilateral
relations, the potential for economic cooperation, Armenia's
cooperation with the European Union, and Lithuanian OSCE Chairmanship
priorities.
The Lithuanian and Armenian leaders also discussed nuclear safety
issues. In Grybauskaite's words, Lithuania suggests that Armenia
perform safety tests on its nuclear power plants. The Armenian
President said his country was open for such suggestions.
The Armenian-controlled Nagorno-Karabakh split from Azerbaijan
following the disintegration of the Soviet Union. But the
international community does not recognize the enclave's independence.
Disagreements of the territory have become the trouble-spot between
Armenia and Azerbaijan, and dozens of people are killed by sniper
bullet at the administrative line.
Efforts to solve this and other protracted conflicts are among the top
priorities of the Lithuanian Chairmanship of the Organization for
Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
From: A. Papazian
May 4, 2011 Wednesday 3:05 PM EET
Only peaceful resolution of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict can ensure
sustainable peace and stability - Lithuanian president in Armenia
VILNIUS, May 04, BNS - Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite,, who
is visiting the South Caucasian countries as the head of the OSCE
Chairing State, met with Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan and
stressed that only peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict can ensure sustainable peace and stability.
"The protracted blood-shedding conflicts have already caused much pain
to the affected nations. Any further hostilities would bring yet more
pain and cost more lives. I urge and invite all conflicting parties to
refrain from using force and I call on heads of states of the region
to demonstrate political will and look for exclusively peaceful
solutions. The international community, OSCE, has already proposed
quite a few measures to boost trust. Now real steps must be made to
implement them," the president said said.
The two presidents also discussed Lithuanian-Armenian bilateral
relations, the potential for economic cooperation, Armenia's
cooperation with the European Union, and Lithuanian OSCE Chairmanship
priorities.
The Lithuanian and Armenian leaders also discussed nuclear safety
issues. In Grybauskaite's words, Lithuania suggests that Armenia
perform safety tests on its nuclear power plants. The Armenian
President said his country was open for such suggestions.
The Armenian-controlled Nagorno-Karabakh split from Azerbaijan
following the disintegration of the Soviet Union. But the
international community does not recognize the enclave's independence.
Disagreements of the territory have become the trouble-spot between
Armenia and Azerbaijan, and dozens of people are killed by sniper
bullet at the administrative line.
Efforts to solve this and other protracted conflicts are among the top
priorities of the Lithuanian Chairmanship of the Organization for
Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
From: A. Papazian