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OSCE MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS ISSUE A STATEMENT AFTER REGIONAL VISIT
http://www.yerkirmedia.am/?act=news&lan=en&id=8464
11:48 . 14/07
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group Robert Bradtke (United States),
Igor Popov (Russian Federation), and Jacques Faure (France) and
Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk (Personal Representative of the OSCE
Chairperson-in-Office) traveled have issued a statement after there
regional visit.
"In Baku, the Co-Chairs met with President Aliyev and Foreign Minister
Mammadyarov; in Nagorno-Karabakh they met with de facto authorities;
in Yerevan, they met with President Sargsian, Foreign Minister
Nalbandian, and Defense Minister Ohanyan. On July 11, the Co-Chairs
again crossed the Line of Contact on foot. On July 12, they traveled
from Nagorno-Karabakh to Yerevan via Kelbajar, their first visit to
that region since the October 2010 Field Assessment Mission. In all
their meetings, the Co-Chairs reaffirmed their countries' resolute
commitment to a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,
as the Presidents of the three Co-Chair countries emphasized in their
June 18 joint statement at Los Cabos.
The Co-Chairs continued the talks from their June 18 meeting in Paris
with the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan. The Co-Chairs
expressed their deep concern over recent incidents along the line
pf contact, and reiterated that the sides' political will to achieve
peace is best demonstrated by refraining from maximalist positions,
respecting the 1994 ceasefire agreement, and abstaining from hostile
public rhetoric.
Regarding reports of the planned opening of an airport in
Nagorno-Karabakh, the Co-Chairs received renewed assurances from
the sides that they will refrain from any threat or use of force
against civil aircraft, pursue the matter through diplomatic steps,
and refrain from politicizing the issue. The Co-Chairs reaffirmed
that operation of this airport cannot be used to support any claim
of a change in the status of Nagorno-Karabakh, and urged the sides to
act in accordance with international law and consistent with current
practice for flights over their territory.
The Co-Chairs plan to meet again separately with the Foreign Ministers
of Armenia and Azerbaijan in order to prepare for a joint meeting of
the Ministers in September".
From: Baghdasarian
http://www.yerkirmedia.am/?act=news&lan=en&id=8464
11:48 . 14/07
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group Robert Bradtke (United States),
Igor Popov (Russian Federation), and Jacques Faure (France) and
Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk (Personal Representative of the OSCE
Chairperson-in-Office) traveled have issued a statement after there
regional visit.
"In Baku, the Co-Chairs met with President Aliyev and Foreign Minister
Mammadyarov; in Nagorno-Karabakh they met with de facto authorities;
in Yerevan, they met with President Sargsian, Foreign Minister
Nalbandian, and Defense Minister Ohanyan. On July 11, the Co-Chairs
again crossed the Line of Contact on foot. On July 12, they traveled
from Nagorno-Karabakh to Yerevan via Kelbajar, their first visit to
that region since the October 2010 Field Assessment Mission. In all
their meetings, the Co-Chairs reaffirmed their countries' resolute
commitment to a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,
as the Presidents of the three Co-Chair countries emphasized in their
June 18 joint statement at Los Cabos.
The Co-Chairs continued the talks from their June 18 meeting in Paris
with the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan. The Co-Chairs
expressed their deep concern over recent incidents along the line
pf contact, and reiterated that the sides' political will to achieve
peace is best demonstrated by refraining from maximalist positions,
respecting the 1994 ceasefire agreement, and abstaining from hostile
public rhetoric.
Regarding reports of the planned opening of an airport in
Nagorno-Karabakh, the Co-Chairs received renewed assurances from
the sides that they will refrain from any threat or use of force
against civil aircraft, pursue the matter through diplomatic steps,
and refrain from politicizing the issue. The Co-Chairs reaffirmed
that operation of this airport cannot be used to support any claim
of a change in the status of Nagorno-Karabakh, and urged the sides to
act in accordance with international law and consistent with current
practice for flights over their territory.
The Co-Chairs plan to meet again separately with the Foreign Ministers
of Armenia and Azerbaijan in order to prepare for a joint meeting of
the Ministers in September".
From: Baghdasarian