REPLACEMENT OF OSCE MG FRENCH CO-CHAIR BY EU REPRESENTATIVE WOULD DO GOOD, BAKU SAYS
PanARMENIAN.Net
07.08.2008 14:23 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Given the influence of the Armenian Diaspora in
France, replacement of the country in the OSCE MG process by an EU
representative would be objective and substantial, said Asim Mollazade,
head of Azerbaijani Democratic Reform Party.
"The European Union has numerously come up with an initiative to join
the talks and its participation is favorable for Azerbaijan," he said.
The U.S. will not oppose the Union’s joining the process; however
Russia and France arouse concerns, since these two states seem
to take up pro-Armenian position in the Nagorno Karabakh issue,
according Mollazade.
"If Azeri diplomacy works properly, the idea of engaging the EU into
the negotiation process may come true," he said, 1news.az reports.
Yesterday, International Crisis Group Europe Program Director Sabine
Freizer said she believes it would be expedient to replace France by
an EU representative in the OSCE Minsk Group.