JAN KUBIS: IF PEOPLE IN AZERBAIJAN AND ARMENIA ARE NOT PREPARED FOR COMPROMISES, THE EFFORTS OF THE MINSK GROUP WILL NOT BE EFFECTIVE
arminfo
2008-01-23 12:24:00
ArmInfo. Council of Europe Committee of Ministers closely follows
the process of negotiations on the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict.
It is interesting for us how Azerbaijan and Armenia fulfill the
commitments vis-a-vis the Council of Europe," Jan Kubis, Minister
for Foreign Affairs of Slovakia, Chairperson of the Council of Europe
Committee of Ministers said in the PACE session, APA’s Europe bureau
reports. He said that the Committee of Ministers’ Group (AGO Group)
will visit the two countries in April. "
The Group will discuss the ways of solution with the countries’
authorities.
The Committee of Ministers considers that confidence should be
established between the parties first of all. If people in Azerbaijan
and Armenia are not prepared for compromises, the efforts of the
Minsk Group will not be effective," he said. Jan Kubis said they
support the relations between the two communities, civil societies
and media representatives.