THE OSCE MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS COMPLETED THE CONSULTATIONS IN MOSCOW
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02.08.2007 15:37
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia), Bernard
Fassier (France) and Matthew Bryza (USA) completed the consultations
in Moscow. OSCE Spokesman Martin Nsirski told Armenpress that these
were general consultations within the framework of their mandate. They
did not come forth with a new statement, but reconfirmed the content
of the statement issued after the meeting of July 13.
It was noted in the statement that as practice shows the forthcoming
elections in the two countries can shadow the negotiation process,
but without an endorsement of the basic principles at the presidential
level, it is impossible to start drafting the text of an agreement on
the peaceful settlement of the conflict, or to secure the progress
of the past three years of negotiations in order not to reopen them
from scratch whenever they resume again.
The Co-Chairs call on the parties to continue the negotiations on the
basis of what has been developed over the past years. We urge them to
give life to these statements in the limited time remaining and to make
resolute efforts to consider again the fairly distributed benefits of
the solution embodied by the proposed basic principles. To that end,
the Co-Chairs are ready to assist the parties in the preparation for
their next summit, at the first opportunity, in the coming months.
The Co-Chairs do not accept the militaristic statements threatening
use of force and creating the dangerous illusion that war is an option
for resolution of the conflict.