TERRY DAVIS: A PROGRESS WILL BE REGISTERED IN NEGOTIATION PROCESS ON
SETTLEMENT OF KARABAKH CONFLICT ONLY WHEN REPRESENTATIVES OF NAGORNY
KARABAKH ARE INVOLVED IN PROCESS
YEREVAN, JANUARY 27. ARMINFO. The Council of Europe will not make an
initiative of involvement of the representatives of Nagorny Karabakh
in the process of settlement of the Karabakh conflict, as it can be
considered as an attempt of interfere in the activity of the OSCE
Minsk Group from the CE. Secretary General of the Council of Europe
Terry Davis stated during the press conference, Thursday.
At the same time he stressed that representatives of Azerbaijan has
made many complaints against the activities of OSCE Minsk Group. “I
see why the authorities of Azerbaijan are not satisfied with the
activities of the OSCE MG, however, the progress in settlement of the
Karabakh conflict may be reached only on the basis of the dialogue”,
he mentioned. At the same time, Terry Davis stressed that a progress
may be registered in the negotiation process on settlement of the
Karabakh conflict only when involvement of representatives of Nagorny
Karabakh in it. “The representatives of Nagorny Karabakh of course
must take part in the negotiation process, and it concerns not only
representatives of the Armenian population of Nagorny Karabakh, but
also of the Azerbaijani population”, CE Secretary General stated. He
reminded that the PACE Resolution on Nagorny Karabakh says that the
authorities of Azerbaijan must establish contacts with representatives
of the population of Nagorny Karabakh without any pre-condition.
“I will assist in every possible way the implementation of this
provision of the resolution, as it is necessary to seek a way of
settlement of the Karabakh conflict. The continuation of the
negotiation process for settlement of the Karabakh conflict without
representatives of Nagorny Karabakh will be the same if we try to
solve the problem of Northern Cyprus without representatives of the
Turkish population living there”, Terry Davis pointed out. He informed
that he has received many letters from residents of Nagorny Karabakh
who complained that the Karabakh problem is solved without taking into
consideration their opinions.