CE Sec. Gen.: Resumption of Karabakh talks gives hope

CE SEC. GEN.: RESUMPTION OF KARABAKH TALKS GIVES HOPE
Pan Armenian News
02.09.2005 08:19
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ “The fact that the talks over settlement of the
Nagorno Karabakh conflict have resumed gives hope,” stated Council
of Europe (CE) Secretary General Terry Davis. In his opinion “a year
after the beginning of the Prague process the prospects of conflict
peaceful settlement have considerably expanded.” Simultaneously
T. Davis expressed concern over people dying at the contact line
between the Armed Forces of Armenia and Azerbaijan. Speaking
of the parliamentary election in Azerbaijan in November, the CE
Sec. Gen. noted that “Azerbaijan has an opportunity to show that the
country can successfully pass an examination on democracy and serve
as an example to other countries in transition,” RFE/RL reported.