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Oct 21 2011
U.S. ambassador: OSCE MG seeks ways to sustain momentum and energize
process around Nagorno-Karabakh
21 October 2011, 11:58 (GMT+05:00) Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 21 / Trend ,
V.Zhavoronkova /
U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan Matthew Bryza said the OSCE Minsk Group
co chairs are arriving to the region at the beginning of the next
week.
He said they will mull the basic principles and a way to address the
both parties' concerns that were formulated at the Kazan meeting.
"The OSCE Minsk Group is looking for ways to sustain momentum and
energize the process." he said on Friday in Baku.
Regarding the U.S. meditation, he said Deputy Secretary of State
William Burns's visit is evidence that at the very highest level the
U.S. remains active in trying to move the Minsk Process forward.
"Our position is that it is important to finalize the basic principles
and then move on to negotiations immediately on the final peace
agreement," he said. "Well there are clearly is not military
settlement to the conflict. The status quo is also unacceptable. So we
need to accelerate the negotiations."
Later, Bryza said that the question whether Azerbaijani and Armenian
president will meet till the end 2011, should be given to cochairmen.
"What I can say is there is very strong commitment I feel by
Azerbaijan to support or to work with all co-chairs in any form."
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are
currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.
From: Baghdasarian
Oct 21 2011
U.S. ambassador: OSCE MG seeks ways to sustain momentum and energize
process around Nagorno-Karabakh
21 October 2011, 11:58 (GMT+05:00) Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 21 / Trend ,
V.Zhavoronkova /
U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan Matthew Bryza said the OSCE Minsk Group
co chairs are arriving to the region at the beginning of the next
week.
He said they will mull the basic principles and a way to address the
both parties' concerns that were formulated at the Kazan meeting.
"The OSCE Minsk Group is looking for ways to sustain momentum and
energize the process." he said on Friday in Baku.
Regarding the U.S. meditation, he said Deputy Secretary of State
William Burns's visit is evidence that at the very highest level the
U.S. remains active in trying to move the Minsk Process forward.
"Our position is that it is important to finalize the basic principles
and then move on to negotiations immediately on the final peace
agreement," he said. "Well there are clearly is not military
settlement to the conflict. The status quo is also unacceptable. So we
need to accelerate the negotiations."
Later, Bryza said that the question whether Azerbaijani and Armenian
president will meet till the end 2011, should be given to cochairmen.
"What I can say is there is very strong commitment I feel by
Azerbaijan to support or to work with all co-chairs in any form."
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are
currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.
From: Baghdasarian