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The Statement of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Edward
Nalbandian on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Minsk
process
http://www.mfa.am/en/interviews/item/2012/03/24/20th_minsk_proc/
24.03.2012
20 years ago this day 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 to reach 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 Nagorno-Karabakh
issue with the relevant mandate of the international community.
The Co-Chairs of the Minsk Group have had an important contribution to
the preservation of the ceasefire, to the reducing of tension in the
conflict zone, to the continuation of negotiations between the sides
and elaborating principles for the peaceful settlement of the
conflict. In the preservation of ceasefire the Co-Chairs are
effectively cooperating with the Personal Representative of the OSCE
Chairman-in-Office who has also an important role to the preservation
of ceasefire.
Thanks to the efforts of the Co-Chairs the wholeness of the principles
and elements was elaborated as a basis for the settlement of the
issue, and which are reflected in the joint statements of Presidents
Medvedev, Obama and Sarkozy made at the G8 Summits in L'Aquila,
Muskoka and Deauville.
President of Russia's consistent efforts with the full support of the
Presidents of the USA and France, with an aim to bring closer the
positions of the sides on basic principles, gave certain results.
Despite the expectations of the international community and Armenia's
constructive stance, the Kazan meeting initiated by the President
Medvedev did not become a breakthrough.
If a breakthrough has not been achieved in the conflict settlement
until today, it is not because of the lack of efforts by the
Co-Chairs, but due to the non-constructive approach by one of the
sides, which is consecutively rejecting the proposals made by the
Co-Chairs, which is not refraining from the illusion of solving the
issue through use of force, which is not willing to negotiate directly
with Nagorno-Karabakh, a core party to the conflict.
Committed to the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue through
exclusively peaceful means, Armenia highly appreciates the continuous
and consistent efforts of the Co-Chair countries-Russia, the United
States and France, and believes that thanks to mediation efforts in
exactly this format it would be possible to reach a settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh issue.
Nalbandian on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Minsk
process
http://www.mfa.am/en/interviews/item/2012/03/24/20th_minsk_proc/
24.03.2012
20 years ago this day 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 to reach 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 Nagorno-Karabakh
issue with the relevant mandate of the international community.
The Co-Chairs of the Minsk Group have had an important contribution to
the preservation of the ceasefire, to the reducing of tension in the
conflict zone, to the continuation of negotiations between the sides
and elaborating principles for the peaceful settlement of the
conflict. In the preservation of ceasefire the Co-Chairs are
effectively cooperating with the Personal Representative of the OSCE
Chairman-in-Office who has also an important role to the preservation
of ceasefire.
Thanks to the efforts of the Co-Chairs the wholeness of the principles
and elements was elaborated as a basis for the settlement of the
issue, and which are reflected in the joint statements of Presidents
Medvedev, Obama and Sarkozy made at the G8 Summits in L'Aquila,
Muskoka and Deauville.
President of Russia's consistent efforts with the full support of the
Presidents of the USA and France, with an aim to bring closer the
positions of the sides on basic principles, gave certain results.
Despite the expectations of the international community and Armenia's
constructive stance, the Kazan meeting initiated by the President
Medvedev did not become a breakthrough.
If a breakthrough has not been achieved in the conflict settlement
until today, it is not because of the lack of efforts by the
Co-Chairs, but due to the non-constructive approach by one of the
sides, which is consecutively rejecting the proposals made by the
Co-Chairs, which is not refraining from the illusion of solving the
issue through use of force, which is not willing to negotiate directly
with Nagorno-Karabakh, a core party to the conflict.
Committed to the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue through
exclusively peaceful means, Armenia highly appreciates the continuous
and consistent efforts of the Co-Chair countries-Russia, the United
States and France, and believes that thanks to mediation efforts in
exactly this format it would be possible to reach a settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh issue.