KARABAKH CONFLICT CAN BE SOLVED EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS AND COMPROMISE - NATO
October 18, 2013 | 13:13
YEREVAN. - The Karabakh conflict can be solved only through peaceful
talks and compromise, NATO Secretary General's Special Representative
said in Yerevan.
James Appathurai, Special Representative for South Caucasus and
Central Asia, recalled that NATO is not participating in the conflict
resolution.
"We promote the OSCE Minsk Group and more generally the Minsk process.
We have partnered with Armenia and Azerbaijan," he said during the
Friday media briefing in Yerevan.
NATO is engaged in political dialogue with Baku and Yerevan, he
recalled, adding that during the meetings in Armenia and Azerbaijan,
"we always stress the importance attached to the exclusively peaceful
resolution of the conflict."
Both in Armenia and Azerbaijan, representatives of NATO, including
Appathurai himself, conveyed clear message that there is no military
solution to the conflict.
"We said very clearly that the only solution can be reachef through
negotiation and compromise," he emphasized.
In this regard, NATO's Special Representative noted that it is clear
what benefits the regional countries will get from a peaceful solution
to the conflict. He added that NATO is aware of the plans to hold a
high level meeting in the near future.
"We hope that with the assistance of OSCE MG it will be possible to
find a solution as soon as possible," he resumed.
Photo by Arsen Sargsyan/NEWS.am
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October 18, 2013 | 13:13
YEREVAN. - The Karabakh conflict can be solved only through peaceful
talks and compromise, NATO Secretary General's Special Representative
said in Yerevan.
James Appathurai, Special Representative for South Caucasus and
Central Asia, recalled that NATO is not participating in the conflict
resolution.
"We promote the OSCE Minsk Group and more generally the Minsk process.
We have partnered with Armenia and Azerbaijan," he said during the
Friday media briefing in Yerevan.
NATO is engaged in political dialogue with Baku and Yerevan, he
recalled, adding that during the meetings in Armenia and Azerbaijan,
"we always stress the importance attached to the exclusively peaceful
resolution of the conflict."
Both in Armenia and Azerbaijan, representatives of NATO, including
Appathurai himself, conveyed clear message that there is no military
solution to the conflict.
"We said very clearly that the only solution can be reachef through
negotiation and compromise," he emphasized.
In this regard, NATO's Special Representative noted that it is clear
what benefits the regional countries will get from a peaceful solution
to the conflict. He added that NATO is aware of the plans to hold a
high level meeting in the near future.
"We hope that with the assistance of OSCE MG it will be possible to
find a solution as soon as possible," he resumed.
Photo by Arsen Sargsyan/NEWS.am
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