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IN YEREVAN OSCE CHAIRPERSON-IN-OFFICE ENCOURAGES INTENSIFIED NEGOTIATIONS ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT AND PLEDGES CONTINUED OSCE SUPPORT TO REFORMS
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
June 4 2014
YEREVAN
The following information was released by the Organization for Security
and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE):
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swiss Foreign Minister Didier
Burkhalter, on an official visit to Yerevan today commended Armenia
for its close cooperation with the OSCE Office in the implementation
of a broad range of domestic reforms. After his meeting with Armenia's
President Serzh Sargsyan, Burkhalter said that the OSCE is committed
to continue supporting the country on its path of democratic reform.
Burkhalter also met with Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, the
Speaker of the National Assembly Galust Sahakyan, and representatives
of political parties.
When discussing the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the
Chairperson-in-Office underlined that dialogue and confidence-building
in the South Caucasus are among the priorities of the Swiss
Chairmanship. According to Burkhalter, a new presidential meeting
could be the starting point of a structured process leading towards a
peaceful solution. Burkhalter encouraged his interlocutors to engage
in intensified negotiations since "no external actor can create or
impose a solution".
Burkhalter said that he is fully aware of the complexity of
the conflict and expressed his concerns that 20 years after the
1994 ceasefire, violent incidents at the Line of Contact and the
international border are still a frequent phenomenon. He called the
sides to strictly adhere to the ceasefire agreement, to encourage
people-to-people contact and to agree on further confidence-building
measures.
"There is no alternative to a peaceful settlement of the conflict,"
Burkhalter stressed.
The Chairperson-in-Office reconfirmed the full support of the Swiss
Chairmanship for the mediation efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group
Co-Chairs and his Personal Representative, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk.
Today's visit to Yerevan concludes the official visit of the OSCE
Chairperson-in-Office to the South Caucasus that started in Baku on
2 June and continued in Tbilisi on 3 June.
From: A. Papazian
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
June 4 2014
YEREVAN
The following information was released by the Organization for Security
and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE):
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swiss Foreign Minister Didier
Burkhalter, on an official visit to Yerevan today commended Armenia
for its close cooperation with the OSCE Office in the implementation
of a broad range of domestic reforms. After his meeting with Armenia's
President Serzh Sargsyan, Burkhalter said that the OSCE is committed
to continue supporting the country on its path of democratic reform.
Burkhalter also met with Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, the
Speaker of the National Assembly Galust Sahakyan, and representatives
of political parties.
When discussing the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the
Chairperson-in-Office underlined that dialogue and confidence-building
in the South Caucasus are among the priorities of the Swiss
Chairmanship. According to Burkhalter, a new presidential meeting
could be the starting point of a structured process leading towards a
peaceful solution. Burkhalter encouraged his interlocutors to engage
in intensified negotiations since "no external actor can create or
impose a solution".
Burkhalter said that he is fully aware of the complexity of
the conflict and expressed his concerns that 20 years after the
1994 ceasefire, violent incidents at the Line of Contact and the
international border are still a frequent phenomenon. He called the
sides to strictly adhere to the ceasefire agreement, to encourage
people-to-people contact and to agree on further confidence-building
measures.
"There is no alternative to a peaceful settlement of the conflict,"
Burkhalter stressed.
The Chairperson-in-Office reconfirmed the full support of the Swiss
Chairmanship for the mediation efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group
Co-Chairs and his Personal Representative, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk.
Today's visit to Yerevan concludes the official visit of the OSCE
Chairperson-in-Office to the South Caucasus that started in Baku on
2 June and continued in Tbilisi on 3 June.
From: A. Papazian