FINNISH STATE SECRETARY: THE KARABAKH CONFLICT IS NOT LESS IMPORTANT THAN KOSOVO
armradio.am
12.02.2008 18:06
"All conflicts of Post-Soviet Republics, including that of Nagorno
Karabakh, are not less serious than the Kosovo conflict," said the
Secretary of State of Finland Pertti Torstila said during his visit
to Lithuania, APA reports.
The Secretary of State delivered a speech at the International
Relations and Political Science Department of the Vilnius University
and stated that the OSCE Minsk Group continues its activity to help
the parties to determine the core principles on the settlement of
Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
"The conflicting parties should show political will, courage and
mutual understanding for the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict. OSCE will support the peaceful solution to the conflict,"
he said. Mr. Torstila noted that, Finnish Foreign Minister Ilkka
Kanerva will visit all conflict zones in OSCE region and carry out
talks with conflict parties. Special Envoy of the Chairman-in-Office
Heikki Talvitie will be engaged in a similar activity.