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    BELARUS READY TO HOST CONFERENCE ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH

    Belarus News (BelTA
    March 12 2015

    12 March 2015 19:17 | Politics

    MINSK, 12 March (BelTA) - Belarus is ready to host a conference
    (negotiations) on the Nagorno-Karabakh problem. Belarusian Foreign
    Minister Vladimir Makei made the statement during the meeting with
    Co-Chairs of the Minsk Group of the Organization for Security and
    Cooperation in Europe on 12 March, BelTA has learned.

    The press service of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry quoted Vladimir
    Makei as saying: "I would like to confirm our readiness to host peace
    talks on Nagorno-Karabakh at the time specified by the relevant OSCE
    resolutions. If necessary, we could also provide the venue for the
    final stage of the negotiation process on working out a comprehensive
    peace agreement".

    The Belarusian Foreign Minister also remarked he was glad to welcome
    the Minsk Group co-chairs and the personal representative of the
    OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Vladimir
    Makei mentioned their visit to Minsk as historic.

    "Belarus resolutely supports OSCE efforts in favor of stepping up
    regional security and stability, finding peaceful solutions to resolve
    existing and long-drawn conflicts, including the Nagorno-Karabakh one.

    We are ready to make our own contribution the way we did within
    the framework of the Ukrainian crisis," stated Vladimir Makei. The
    Belarusian Foreign Minister went on saying that Belarus shares
    the vision of the Minsk Group co-chairs on ways to resolve the
    Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

    Belarus fully agrees with the idea that as a priority it is now
    necessary to reduce tensions along the conflict line in order to avoid
    human casualties. "Belarus highly appreciates the incessant effort on
    the part of Minsk Group co-chairs and the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office.

    The efforts are of primary importance not only for the sake of
    restoring security in the conflict zone but also for enabling favorable
    conditions for top-level contacts," stressed the Minister.

    Apart from that, Vladimir Makei stated that Belarus welcomes the
    intensification of contacts between leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan.

    Belarus maintains close friendly relations with both countries,
    including contacts at the level of the heads of state. The fact could
    be useful for advancing the peace process.

    The press service of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry specified that on
    12 March Vladimir Makei met with co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group:
    Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, James Warlick of the United
    States of America, and Pierre Andrieu of France. They were joined
    by personal representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Andrzej
    Kasprzyk. The co-chairs and the personal representative informed the
    Belarusian Foreign Minister about the situation in the conflict zone
    and the development of the negotiation process. Prospects of future
    cooperation were discussed, including Belarus' possible assistance
    with the settlement process.

    http://eng.belta.by/all_news/politics/Belarus-ready-to-host-conference-on-Nagorno-Karabakh_i_80217.html

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