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Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
March 25 2012
OSCE Minsk Group to settle Karabakh conflict - Armenia
The OSCE Minsk Group mediator co-chair states, featuring Russia, the
U.S. and France, have the mandate corresponding to an agency of the
international community to deal with the Nagorno-Karabakh peace
process, the statement made by the Armenian Foreign Minister Edward
Nalbandian says in connection to the 20th anniversary of the
establishment of the OSCE Minsk Group, News.am reports.
`20 years ago today, by the decision of the Foreign Ministerial
Council of the Conference for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the
Minsk process of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement was
launched. As a result, the Minsk Group and its Co-Chairmanship were
formed, with the goal of reaching a peaceful settlement through
negotiations, based on the basic principles of international law.
"The Minsk Group Co-Chairmanship of Russia, the United States and
France is the only mediation structure dealing with the
Nagorno-Karabakh issue with the relevant mandate of the international
community.
"The Co-Chairs of the Minsk Group have made an important contribution
to preserving the ceasefire, the reduction in tension in the conflict
zone, the continuation of negotiations between the sides and
elaborating the principles of the peaceful settlement of the conflict.
In preserving the ceasefire the Co-Chairs are effectively cooperating
with the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, who
also has an important role in the preservation of the ceasefire," the
statement reads.
March 25 2012
OSCE Minsk Group to settle Karabakh conflict - Armenia
The OSCE Minsk Group mediator co-chair states, featuring Russia, the
U.S. and France, have the mandate corresponding to an agency of the
international community to deal with the Nagorno-Karabakh peace
process, the statement made by the Armenian Foreign Minister Edward
Nalbandian says in connection to the 20th anniversary of the
establishment of the OSCE Minsk Group, News.am reports.
`20 years ago today, by the decision of the Foreign Ministerial
Council of the Conference for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the
Minsk process of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement was
launched. As a result, the Minsk Group and its Co-Chairmanship were
formed, with the goal of reaching a peaceful settlement through
negotiations, based on the basic principles of international law.
"The Minsk Group Co-Chairmanship of Russia, the United States and
France is the only mediation structure dealing with the
Nagorno-Karabakh issue with the relevant mandate of the international
community.
"The Co-Chairs of the Minsk Group have made an important contribution
to preserving the ceasefire, the reduction in tension in the conflict
zone, the continuation of negotiations between the sides and
elaborating the principles of the peaceful settlement of the conflict.
In preserving the ceasefire the Co-Chairs are effectively cooperating
with the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, who
also has an important role in the preservation of the ceasefire," the
statement reads.