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THE MEDIATORS HAVE PROPOSALS ON THE STEPANAKERT AIRPORT
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Friday, 22 March 2013 12:09
Assures OSCE Minsk Group Chairman from France Jacques Faure The regular
visit of OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs Igor Popov (Moscow), Jacques Faure
(France) and Ian Kelly (USA) to the region began on March 19. They
held the first meeting with NKR President Bako Sahakyan. The meeting
was followed by a briefing with journalists.
Russian co-chair Igor Popov informed that they had discussed the
issues related to the Karabakh settlement with the NKR President,
in particular, the last meeting of the RA and Azerbaijani Foreign
Ministers in Paris. It was stressed at the meeting The necessity
of creating an atmosphere of mutual confidence between the parties
and maintaining the cease-fire during the coming Novruz and Easter
holidays in the conflicting countries was stressed during the meeting.
Igor Popov also noted that according to the earlier arranged schedule,
the co-chairs would leave for Yerevan on March 20, where they would
meet with RA President Serzh Sargsyan and Foreign Minister Edward
Nalbandian. The mediators then will leave for their countries, but
their regional visit will not finish with this â~@~S they will arrive
in Azerbaijan in early April, after the Novruz holidays. After meeting
with all the conflicting parties, the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs,
according to the tradition, will issue their statement.
We addressed our first question to co-chairman Ian Kelly â~@~S
â~@~\What concrete measures are taken by the co-chairing states for
resuming the operation of the Stepanakert airport? In this case, it
is the right of the NKR citizens to free movementâ~@~]. In response,
Ian Kelly said that it was his first visit to Stepanakert and he was
happy to present his state in this important team. He said the goal was
to promote the peace process, and so it was important for him to listen
to the opinion of the NKR leadership on how they can be helpful in this
issue, and in Yerevan he was going to discuss a few issues. Surely,
the goal is to be helpful. The American co-chairâ~@~Ys remarks were
continued by his French counterpart, who stressed that the issue of
the Stepanakert airport was really disturbing. He noted that in Paris,
at the meetings with the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan,
this issue was permanently discussed. According to Mr. Faure, the
process is ongoing and it is too early to talk about any specific
details. â~@~\And do you have any concrete proposals that are to be
submitted to the parties?â~@~] The French diplomat gave a clear answer
to this question, â~@~\Yesâ~@~], adding that the proposals will be
presented to the parties in the nearest future. He noted that the
foreign ministers would continue to work in that direction.
In their speech, the co-speech regularly stress that steps are taken
towards the establishment of an atmosphere of mutual confidence. What
is the reaction of Azerbaijan to the suggestion of the Karabakh party
that days of silence between the conflicting parties are declared at
least on the holidays? Answering the question, the Russian co-chairman
noted that as for the proposal to strengthen the cease-fire regime
on some holidays, it had been discussed with the NKR President in
Karabakh, would be discussed at the meeting with the RA President
in Yerevan, and with Azerbaijani President Aliyev during their visit
to Baku in early April. According to Igor Popov, the results will be
reflected in the co-chairsâ~@~Y statement.
A question was asked also to Personal Representative of the OSCE
Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk, who is involved in the issues
of monitoring the contact-line between the NKR and Azerbaijani
armed forces. Can the Personal Representative note any cases of the
ceasefire violation along the line of contact, when the mediators
identified and pointed to the guilty? Kasprzyk doesnâ~@~Yt remember
such a case. â~@~\I have the mandate of monitoring the line of contact
between the conflicting partiesâ~@~Y armed forces and not that of
conducting investigation of incidentsâ~@~], he stated.
Õ~Y Ruzan Ishkhanian
http://artsakhtert.com/eng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=979:t he-mediators-have-proposals-on-the-stepanakert-airport&catid=5:politics&Itemid=17
Friday, 22 March 2013 12:09
Assures OSCE Minsk Group Chairman from France Jacques Faure The regular
visit of OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs Igor Popov (Moscow), Jacques Faure
(France) and Ian Kelly (USA) to the region began on March 19. They
held the first meeting with NKR President Bako Sahakyan. The meeting
was followed by a briefing with journalists.
Russian co-chair Igor Popov informed that they had discussed the
issues related to the Karabakh settlement with the NKR President,
in particular, the last meeting of the RA and Azerbaijani Foreign
Ministers in Paris. It was stressed at the meeting The necessity
of creating an atmosphere of mutual confidence between the parties
and maintaining the cease-fire during the coming Novruz and Easter
holidays in the conflicting countries was stressed during the meeting.
Igor Popov also noted that according to the earlier arranged schedule,
the co-chairs would leave for Yerevan on March 20, where they would
meet with RA President Serzh Sargsyan and Foreign Minister Edward
Nalbandian. The mediators then will leave for their countries, but
their regional visit will not finish with this â~@~S they will arrive
in Azerbaijan in early April, after the Novruz holidays. After meeting
with all the conflicting parties, the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs,
according to the tradition, will issue their statement.
We addressed our first question to co-chairman Ian Kelly â~@~S
â~@~\What concrete measures are taken by the co-chairing states for
resuming the operation of the Stepanakert airport? In this case, it
is the right of the NKR citizens to free movementâ~@~]. In response,
Ian Kelly said that it was his first visit to Stepanakert and he was
happy to present his state in this important team. He said the goal was
to promote the peace process, and so it was important for him to listen
to the opinion of the NKR leadership on how they can be helpful in this
issue, and in Yerevan he was going to discuss a few issues. Surely,
the goal is to be helpful. The American co-chairâ~@~Ys remarks were
continued by his French counterpart, who stressed that the issue of
the Stepanakert airport was really disturbing. He noted that in Paris,
at the meetings with the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan,
this issue was permanently discussed. According to Mr. Faure, the
process is ongoing and it is too early to talk about any specific
details. â~@~\And do you have any concrete proposals that are to be
submitted to the parties?â~@~] The French diplomat gave a clear answer
to this question, â~@~\Yesâ~@~], adding that the proposals will be
presented to the parties in the nearest future. He noted that the
foreign ministers would continue to work in that direction.
In their speech, the co-speech regularly stress that steps are taken
towards the establishment of an atmosphere of mutual confidence. What
is the reaction of Azerbaijan to the suggestion of the Karabakh party
that days of silence between the conflicting parties are declared at
least on the holidays? Answering the question, the Russian co-chairman
noted that as for the proposal to strengthen the cease-fire regime
on some holidays, it had been discussed with the NKR President in
Karabakh, would be discussed at the meeting with the RA President
in Yerevan, and with Azerbaijani President Aliyev during their visit
to Baku in early April. According to Igor Popov, the results will be
reflected in the co-chairsâ~@~Y statement.
A question was asked also to Personal Representative of the OSCE
Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk, who is involved in the issues
of monitoring the contact-line between the NKR and Azerbaijani
armed forces. Can the Personal Representative note any cases of the
ceasefire violation along the line of contact, when the mediators
identified and pointed to the guilty? Kasprzyk doesnâ~@~Yt remember
such a case. â~@~\I have the mandate of monitoring the line of contact
between the conflicting partiesâ~@~Y armed forces and not that of
conducting investigation of incidentsâ~@~], he stated.
Õ~Y Ruzan Ishkhanian