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Karabakh conflict sides fixed progress in 2008, Bryza says
27.12.2008 14:51 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The main achievement in 2008 for the Nagorno
Karabakh peace process has been the emergence of a constructive
relationship between Presidents Sargsyan and Aliyev, the OSCE Minsk
Group U.S. Co-chair said.
`While I would not yet say that the two leaders trust each other
sufficiently to reach the compromises required to finalize the Basic
Principles, I am pleased by the willingness each President is showing
to work through the remaining difficult issues with his
counterpart. In short, the psychological atmosphere may now be right
to catalyze tough decisions,’ Matthew Bryza said.
`As Presidents Sargsyan and Aliyev noted in the November 2 Moscow
Declaration, the sides should continue and intensify their efforts to
finalize the Basic Principles in close cooperation with the Minsk
Group Co-Chairs. The parties have made considerable progress. To
finalize their work, they will need to prepare their societies for
difficult compromises that will bring peace, stability, and
prosperity. The Minsk Group Co-Chairs will facilitate this work in
early 2009 by traveling again to the region and preparing the ground
for another meeting between the Presidents. It is up to the Presidents
to decide whether they wish to meet on the margins of the World
Economic Forum in Davos,’ he said, the Azeri Press Agency reports.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
