THE MEDIATORS OFFERED SEVERAL PROPOSALS FOR MEASURES TO ENHANCE CONFIDENCE BETWEEN THE SIDES
Mediamax
Oct 25 2011
Armenia
Yerevan/Mediamax/. During their meetings in Yerevan, Nagorno Karabakh
and Baku the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs stressed to the sides the
need to improve significantly the atmosphere of negotiations, increase
trust, and strengthen implementation of the ceasefire to allow further
progress toward reaching a peaceful settlement.
In their statement made following the visit to the region, the
mediators particularly noted that they have offered several proposals
for measures to enhance confidence in different fields.
"The sides agreed in principle on the draft mechanism to investigate
incidents along the front lines," the statement reads.
The Co-Chairs informed that they also met separately with His Holiness
Garegin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, and
with Sheykhulislam Allahshukur Pashazade, Grand Mufti and Chairman
of the Caucasus Muslim Board, to discuss the necessity of preparing
the populations for a just, lasting, and peaceful settlement.
On October 22, the Co-Chairs crossed the Line of Contact by foot for
the fourth time in the past fourteen months.
"The Co-Chairs will return to the region in late November to continue
their work with the sides to develop the measures described above and
to determine next steps to pave the way for future meetings between
the sides," the statement reads.
Mediamax
Oct 25 2011
Armenia
Yerevan/Mediamax/. During their meetings in Yerevan, Nagorno Karabakh
and Baku the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs stressed to the sides the
need to improve significantly the atmosphere of negotiations, increase
trust, and strengthen implementation of the ceasefire to allow further
progress toward reaching a peaceful settlement.
In their statement made following the visit to the region, the
mediators particularly noted that they have offered several proposals
for measures to enhance confidence in different fields.
"The sides agreed in principle on the draft mechanism to investigate
incidents along the front lines," the statement reads.
The Co-Chairs informed that they also met separately with His Holiness
Garegin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, and
with Sheykhulislam Allahshukur Pashazade, Grand Mufti and Chairman
of the Caucasus Muslim Board, to discuss the necessity of preparing
the populations for a just, lasting, and peaceful settlement.
On October 22, the Co-Chairs crossed the Line of Contact by foot for
the fourth time in the past fourteen months.
"The Co-Chairs will return to the region in late November to continue
their work with the sides to develop the measures described above and
to determine next steps to pave the way for future meetings between
the sides," the statement reads.