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OSCE MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS MEET WITH THE FOREIGN MINISTERS OF ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe OSCE
Sept 10 2012
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Robert Bradtke of
the United States of America, Igor Popov of the Russian Federation,
and Jacques Faure of France) and the Personal Representative of
the OSCE Chairperson-in-office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, met on
September 2 with the Foreign Minister of Armenia, Edward Nalbandian,
and on September 3 with the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, Elmar
Mammadyarov, to address recent events in the region and efforts to
peacefully resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
The Co-Chairs discussed with the two Ministers the August 31 decision
of the Government of Azerbaijan to pardon Ramil Safarov, an Azerbaijani
army officer who had been serving a life sentence in Hungary for the
brutal 2004 murder of an Armenian officer in Budapest.
They expressed their deep concern and regret for the damage the pardon
and any attempts to glorify the crime have done to the peace process
and trust between the sides.
The Co-Chairs reiterated to both Ministers that, as their Presidents
stated in Los Cabos on June 19, there is no alternative to a peaceful
settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. They will continue to
maintain contacts with the sides to reduce tensions and advance the
peace process.
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe OSCE
Sept 10 2012
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Robert Bradtke of
the United States of America, Igor Popov of the Russian Federation,
and Jacques Faure of France) and the Personal Representative of
the OSCE Chairperson-in-office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, met on
September 2 with the Foreign Minister of Armenia, Edward Nalbandian,
and on September 3 with the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, Elmar
Mammadyarov, to address recent events in the region and efforts to
peacefully resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
The Co-Chairs discussed with the two Ministers the August 31 decision
of the Government of Azerbaijan to pardon Ramil Safarov, an Azerbaijani
army officer who had been serving a life sentence in Hungary for the
brutal 2004 murder of an Armenian officer in Budapest.
They expressed their deep concern and regret for the damage the pardon
and any attempts to glorify the crime have done to the peace process
and trust between the sides.
The Co-Chairs reiterated to both Ministers that, as their Presidents
stated in Los Cabos on June 19, there is no alternative to a peaceful
settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. They will continue to
maintain contacts with the sides to reduce tensions and advance the
peace process.