Author: Chatinian Lara

SERGEY LAVROV CALLED TO CAREFUL ATTITUDE TO EXISTING FORMATS OF CONFLICT SOLUTION

PanARMENIAN.Net
05.12.2006 16:13 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ OSCE is still being used as a platform where
unilateral and politicized approaches are pushed forward regarding
to the well-known "frozen" conflicts, which do not have anything
in common with the real efforts to reach a lasting solution for
them. This announcement was made by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey
Lavrov in Brussels during his speech at OSCE Foreign Ministers’
Counsel session. In his words, experience confirms: such actions only
result in growth of tension and distrust, throw back the solution
of conflicts. We should not substitute the necessity to fulfill
commitments assumed by the parties with certain reductive ideas.

"We always must follow basic principles of regional conflict
solution. Among those are respect of Helsinki Final Act, achievement
to agreements by conflicting parties, unconditional taking into
account the position of both sides, inadmissibility of hostilities,
careful attitude to the existing negotiation and peacekeeping formats,
step-by-step approach to the solution, which supposes priorities on
confidence-building measures and establishing dialog between sides;
care for the people in conflict zones not to feel isolated", pointed
out Sergey Lavrov, Russian FA Ministry press office reports.

DeFacto Agency, Armenia
Dec 1 2006

NO SETTLEMENT DOCUMENT WILL BE SIGNED WITHOUT NAGORNO-KARABAKH’S
AGREEMENT

Now a shift is noted for the Nagorno Karabakh Republic to become a
party of the Karabakh talks, RA Parliament Standing Commission on
Foreign Relations Chair Armen Rustamian stated in the course of a
press a conference in Yerevan.
In his words, the issue has always been on the negotiating table.
`There are no cases in the world practice when an interested party of
the conflict does not participate in the talks. I hope the OSCE MG
will not object to NKR’s involvement in direct talks with Azerbaijan
and will do its best to that end”, Rustamyan underscored, adding
that no settlement document will be signed without NKR’s agreement.
The Parliament Commission Head noted the referendum in NKR, like
those held in the former USSR’s unrecognized republics, was very
important for the international community. `’It is people’s will,
which cannot be ignored. Returning to the territorial integrity’s
principle I will remark that for observing it the USSR needs to be
restored, as the borders of all states, on the territories of which
conflicts are available, were determined by the USSR’s administrative
division. Thus, if the state does not exist, the borders become
invalid”, Armen Rustamian said, PanARMENIAN.Net reports.

Lragir, Armenia
Dec 1 2006

ARMENIA RECOGNIZES AZERBAIJAN’S TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY

The minister of defense of Armenia Serge Sargsyan told reporters on
December 1 he considers the statement that NATO recognizes the
territorial integrity of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan as normal.
`Has Armenia ever announced that it does not recognize the
territorial integrity of any country? We recognize the territorial
integrity of Azerbaijan too. But we also recognize the territorial
integrity of Nagorno Karabakh because the Republic of Azerbaijan and
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic were established simultaneously, on the
basis of the laws of the Soviet Union, and Karabakh cannot be
considered part of the integrity of Azerbaijan,’ Serge Sargsyan
stated.

He also mentioned that for Armenia the recognition of the
independence of Karabakh by Azerbaijan is more important than the
international recognition of Nagorno Karabakh. `For us, the
recognition of the independence of Nagorno Karabakh is important of
all. Even if 50 countries of the world recognize the independence of
Karabakh, it is only a means, even a means of pressure, if you like
it, to make Azerbaijan recognize the independence of Karabakh. The
only and complete way of eliminating the threat of war is the
recognition of the independence of Karabakh by Azerbaijan,’ Serge
Sargsyan says.

In answer to the request to comment on the meeting of Robert
Kocharyan and Ilham Aliyev in Minsk Serge Sargsyan advised to change
the addressee. `I think it would be right to ask this question to
Kocharyan. I did not take part in the meeting. Nevertheless, both
Kocharyan and Aliyev and the foreign ministers of both countries
think it was a useful meeting,’ Serge Sargsyan says. He emphasizes
that the words useful or positive do not mean that the problem has
been solved. Serge Sargsyan thinks the resolution is rather
complicated, and in this sense there will be considerable difficulty
regarding not only the past meeting but also the future meetings.
`That is why we said the settlement of this problem will be painful
for everyone, that is why we said compromise. That is why we said if
it were easy, it would have been solved long ago,’ says the defense
minister of Armenia.

As to the settlement of the issue in 2007 and the expectations of the
co-chairs to reach agreement on the `basic principles’, the minister
of defense does not assume responsibility to say that these
expectations are realistic because he is not Nostradamus, and because
he does not know what the `basic principles’ are. `What are the basic
principles? It is not rewarding to set a definite timing regarding
this problem. It is a difficult process. It would be different if you
asked `do you expect?’ or `do you think?’. I am not Nostradamus to
say it will be in 2007 or not. I wish it, I wish it strongly,’ the
defense minister conveyed his wish to the public.

NGO HEAD COMPLAINS ABOUT INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS

Panorama.am
17:41 29/11/06

"2007 elections are practically over," Ruben Torosyan, head
of Human Rights-96, said in a regular meeting of Anti-criminal
movement. Torosyan has applied to become a member of the movement.

Torosyan said the upcoming elections will run smoothly. "In the
past, they broke the boxes, now they have stepped to propaganda," he
said. Moreover, there is an impression that the authorities in power
and OSCE observers have some kind of agreement between themselves. They
will come and register than everything went right, he said.

Torosyan complained that international observers came for 2 days only
during the last elections but preserved themselves the right even
to speak about advocacy. "And our observers, who conducted works for
3-4 months, were ignored," he said.

GEORGIA’S SURVEILLANCE SOCIETY
By Inga Alavidze in Tbilisi

Institute for War and Peace Reporting, UK
Nov 30 2006

Fears grow as secret surveillance material is increasingly aired
in public.

Following the local elections in Georgia in October, the Rustavi-2
television station broadcast a compromising video of opposition Koba
Davitashvili, leader of the opposition Conservative Party.

The video, which had been shot in a restaurant in Tbilisi, apparently
showed Davitashvili promising his interlocutor a place on his party’s
election list in exchange for 20,000 US dollars.

Soon afterwards, a scandal broke out when a secret video recording
exposed corruption in the United State Fund for Social Insurance,
as a result of which top officials found themselves behind bars.

In another expose, a secret video camera installed in parliament
deputy Gia Nutsubidze’s room showed footage of him seemingly handing
over bribe to a senior education ministry official.

In the summer, an allegedly secret audio recording of a phone
conversation between fugitive paramilitary leader Emzar Kvitsiani
and opposition politician Irakly Batiashvili was the pretext for
arresting Batiashvili on charges of high treason.

These are just four instances in a long list of cases in which the
secrets of prominent people have been exposed with the help of secret
recordings, broadcast to the public.

According to the Georgian constitution, "everyone’s private life,
place of personal activity, personal records, correspondence,
communication by phone or by other technical means, as well as messages
received through technical means are inviolable. Restriction of the
aforementioned rights is permissible by a court decision or also
without such a decision in the case of urgent necessity provided for
by law".

The second part of this apparently gives license to the law enforcement
agencies to use surveillance as a weapon.

Elene Tevdoradze, a member of parliament with the ruling party and
chairwoman of the Parliament Human Rights Committee, said she thought
surveillance was justified.

"As a human rights activist, I categorically oppose the interference
in people’s personal lives," she said. "However, given the current
situation in this country, we have to tolerate a lot of things if
we want to be protected against the threats to our country. I would
like to remind you that secret recordings have been legalised in the
United States and the United Kingdom to combat terrorism effectively."

However, Tevdoradze herself admitted that she feels psychologically
uncomfortable when she talks on the phone, as someone may be tapping
her too. And lawyers and human rights activists are concerned about
both the extent and the legality of the surveillance tactics being
used."

Lawyer Malkhaz Jangirashvili said that almost all the evidence in
the criminal cases that he is currently dealing with comes from
secret recordings.

"Ninety per cent of my cases and the cases of my colleagues are
deliberately provoked, by which I mean that a tapping device is
installed and a conversation is provoked," he told IWPR. "Even neutral
conversations that have nothing to do with a crime can be regarded as
evidence. On the whole all the cases that get solved are underpinned
by this method."

Jangirashvili said that tapes are also forged and, "due to the lack of
technical means and qualified specialists, no high-quality examination
of recordings is provided".

He argues that secret tapping is widely used because of a lack of
professionalism.

"The investigation and operational service are unable to collect any
other kind of proof, as this is quite a labour-intensive process and
needs a certain level of professionalism," he said. "This is why they
take the easy path of secret recordings, as otherwise they would be
unable to solve cases."

Legal experts are also concerned about the way the secret recordings
are made public via the media. The law enforcement agencies frequently
use them as part of their publicity campaigns, with the media seemingly
having no objection to broadcasting the material.

"The media are basically working for the law enforcement agencies,"
said Republican Party leader and lawyer Tinatin Khidasheli.

"Journalists have normal channels of information closed to them but
the media allows itself to be used by the security agencies.

"For example, by making public the absolutely illegal recording
involving Koba Davitashvili, the media promoted ethnic enmity – in
the recording, Davitashvili [allegedly] used the word ‘Armenian’
in an insulting manner. This is a classic example of the lack of
professionalism. The media would have been held responsible for this
in any civilised country."

Khidasheli cited examples of hidden cameras and phone tapping also
being used in internal political battles. For example, prisons boss
Bacho Akhalaia who has a difficult relationship with the human rights
ombudsman Sozar Subari, made public a recording of an apparent phone
conversation between a representative of the ombudsman and a former
prisoner who allegedly spoke about giving a bribe to a prison guard.

Opposition parliamentary deputy Kakha Kukava says he is not against
secret recordings if they are obtained legally. "But everything that
we see on television is recorded illegally, and it is even edited in
some cases," he said.

Kukava said his main worry was that it was instilling a "fear syndrome"
amongst the public. "Many citizens who come to me as a deputy for
help are afraid to speak about their problems on the telephone,"
he told IWPR.

Eight out of ten ordinary Georgians IWPR spoke to said that they
prefer not to discuss serious issues on the phone.

"I never speak about politics on the telephone, as a serious friend
of mine warned me that all telephones are being tapped," said Maia,
a 47-year-old dentist.

"I don’t even know what’s worse – not to be able to expose one more
corrupt official or to have a constant feeling that a video eye or
a listening device is somewhere close to you," said Giga, 34.

Human rights activists and lawyers say they are also concerned
about the practice of surveillance of prisons, in violation of the
confidentiality of meetings between lawyers and prisoners. Subari
has appealed to the prison department to take down video cameras from
jail meeting rooms on the grounds that this violates Georgian law. So
far, he has met with a refusal on the grounds that the practice is
permissible under UN basic principles on the treatment of prisoners.

Georgia’s Young Lawyers’ Association has also appealed to the country’s
constitutional court to protest that the kind of surveillance
which is currently practiced by the law enforcement agencies is
unconstitutional.

The court accepted the application and has said it will answer within
six months.

Inga Alavidze works for the crime section of the 24 Hours newspaper
in Tbilisi

Refusal to acknowledge Armenian genocide
For the Turkish state, and many Turks, to admit their forebears committed
genocide is something they will not even consider
BY MATTHEW MCALLESTER
Newsday Staff Correspondent

November 29, 2006, 3:13 PM EST

ISTANBUL, Turkey — Mesrob II, the Armenian Patriarch of Istanbul and all
Turkey, was silent for a second.

He had just been asked by a reporter if he acknowledged that the Armenian
genocide happened.

"Uhhhh," he said, "I acknowledge that people were killed." He was silent
again. "Many people lost their lives."

More uneasy silence followed.

This from a man whose paternal grandfather was the only one of six ethnic
Armenian brothers to make it back to Istanbul after being, as he put it,
"deported to the Syrian desert" in 1915. They were among more than a million
ethnic Armenians who suffered a similar fate at the hands of Ottoman Turks:
They were rounded up, deported to concentration camps and, for the most
part, killed.

"So severe has been the treatment that careful estimates place the number of
survivors at only 15 percent of those originally deported," the U.S. consul
in Aleppo wrote to the State Department in 1915 in a dispatch quoted in a
recent article in The New Yorker magazine. "On this basis the number
surviving even this far being less than 150,000 . there seems to have been
about 1,000,000 persons lost up to this date."

What Mesrob II, who will meet the visiting Pope Benedict XVI today in
Istanbul, could not or would not say was that the Turks of the then-Ottoman
Empire committed genocide against the Armenians who lived in modern-day
Turkey. For the Turkish state, and many Turks, to admit their forebears
committed genocide is something they will not even consider, and it makes
many Turks extremely angry even to suggest the genocide happened.

Authors and journalists, including Nobel Prize winning novelist Orhan Pamuk,
have been prosecuted for suggesting it took place. But for the 65,000 ethnic
Armenians — mostly Orthodox Christians — who live in this country of 70
million Muslims, to speak publicly of genocide would not be just brave, but
potentially suicidal.

"Probably the state wouldn’t do anything directly except make some
statement" if Mesrob was to say there had been a genocide, said Murat Belge,
one of Pamuk’s publishers and an organizer of an unprecedented conference
last year in Istanbul about the genocide.

"Very likely he would be assassinated by some fascists," continued Belge,
who was himself prosecuted under a controversial law last year for writing
critical articles about a court’s ban on the conference. "The Patriarchate
would be burned down. A lot of Armenians would be shot in their daily
lives."

Mesrob, in an interview at the well-guarded Armenian Patriarchate in
Istanbul, said many different peoples, governments, political parties and
even his own Armenian Patriarchate should share the blame for what happened
in 1915. He said he believed the best way for Turks and Armenians to
reconcile is for Turkey to open its border with Armenia and for the two
countries to encourage exchange visits and other ways of generating mutual
sympathy.

"It’s not a matter of being silent about the issue," he said. "It’s a matter
of how can you make friends with someone. Do you from the first moment
simply confront the person?"

If it’s not silence, then it’s a pragmatic sort of self-censorship. Growing
up, Mesrob’s father never talked to him about what happened to the previous
generation, he said. "I think they didn’t want us to be at odds with our
Muslim neighbors."

That parenting method continues today among the ethnic Armenians in Turkey,
Mesrob said. "We don’t tell our children about historical problems so they
won’t face problems."

The Turkish government’s position on the events of 1915 is that the people
who died in the region at the time died as a result of inter-ethnic
fighting, disease and hardships caused by war.

More than 20 countries have officially recognized the genocide, as have a
majority of the 50 states in the United States, including New York. It is
long-standing State Department policy not to refer to the events of 1915 as
genocide; many critics of this policy see it as a politically expedient way
of avoiding alienating a crucial American ally.

Most Western historians agree the genocide happened. Last year, the
International Association of Genocide Scholars wrote to Turkey’s prime
minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, about it, concluding: "We believe that it is
clearly in the interest of the Turkish people and their future as a proud
and equal participant in international, democratic discourse to acknowledge
the responsibility of a previous government for the genocide of the Armenian
people, just as the German government and people have done in the case of
the Holocaust."

Such an acknowledgement will not come easily or quickly — if at all.

"Until the 1980s there was a total loss of memory," said a Turkish political
powerbroker who requested anonymity because of the topic’s sensitivity.
"Nobody talked about this. It was the policy of the omnipotent state not to
talk about anything negative."

Last year’s conference in Istanbul and a growing concern about the issue
within Europe — a recent French law makes it a crime to deny the genocide
happened — have moved Turkey slightly closer to coming to terms with its
past.

"The skeletons are there and they have not vanished," the Turkish
powerbroker said. "Now we are going to open the cupboard."

If Turkey is to gain entry to the European Union, it likely will have to
acknowledge its actions in 1915 — although Turkey accepting the word
"genocide" could forever remain a sticking point.

Egemen Bagis, foreign policy adviser to Erdogan, said in an interview that
last year Erdogan made an offer to the Armenian president: Both countries
would establish an independent investigative commission and open up all
countries’ archives in order to establish what happened.

"No other politician in Turkey’s history has ever said he is ready to face
his own history," Bagis said.

But when asked if he recognized that a genocide took place, Bagis responded
quickly: "I don’t."

THINK TANK CONDEMNS AZERBAIJAN FOR SILENCING MEDIA AND OPPOSITION

Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran
Nov 27 2006

The Azerbaijani government’s aggressive moves to silence independent
media and the leading opposition party last week not only raise obvious
human rights problems but will have a detrimental effect on efforts
to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, said the Brussels-based
think tank, the International Crisis Group, Monday.

On November 24, the Azeri authorities took the country’s first,
biggest and most professional independent TV and radio broadcaster,
ANS, off the air.

The same day, police forcibly evicted the key opposition party, the
Azerbaijan Popular Front Party, two opposition dailies Azadlig and
Bizim Yol and the Turan information agency from their Baku offices,
said the ICG in a statement.

"Following a pattern of harassment of Azerbaijan’s independent
journalists since 2003, Friday’s events once again put into question
Azerbaijan’s commitment to protecting freedom of speech and upholding
the rule of law."

The think tank said Azerbaijan’s international partners — the EU and
its member states, the US, the OSCE, the Council of Europe and others
— should in unequivocal terms call on the government of President
Ilham Aliev to restore media freedoms protected in the Azerbaijani
Constitution and in commitments made as a member of the OSCE and the
Council of Europe, and as a recent signatory of an EU Neighborhood
Action Plan.

The Financial Mirror
26th of November 2006
Armenian President expresses sorrow over division of Nicosia

It is very sad to see Nicosia divided and know that this is happening in
Europe, President of Armenia Robert Kocharian said on Friday, after visiting
the ceasefire line in Nicosia.
”It is very sad to see this old city divided and know that this is
happening in Europe. Not only the city was divided, by also human lives were
lost and many people are still missing,” Kocharian wrote in the visitors’
book.
Accompanied by Nicosia Mayor Michalakis Zampelas and other officials,
Kocharian and his entourage visited the ceasefire line, dividing the
government-controlled areas from the Turkish occupied northern part of the
island, since the Turkish invasion of 1974.
The Armenian President, who is on a state visit to Cyprus, wished that the
island will be united again and that the people of Cyprus will live under
conditions of prosperity and peace.
Earlier, Zampelas presented the Golden Key of the City to the Armenian
President during an official ceremony at the town hall.
In his address at the ceremony, Kocharian said that ”although this is my
first visit in Cyprus, all things around me seem so familiar that I get the
impression that sooner or later people will start talking to me in
Armenian.”
The Armenian President wished that justice will prevail in Nicosia, just as
in the case of Berlin, were the wall was demolished and now the city has
become a symbol of peace.
”I was recently in Berlin. It is a city that proved how justice in the end
prevails. I wish that Nicosia is again reunited and the Cyprus issue is
resolved according to the wishes of the Cypriot people,” he said.
He also made a proposal that the capital cities of Yerevan and Nicosia
become twinned.
In his address, the Nicosia Mayor referred to the traditionally friendly
relations between Cyprus and Armenia.
Referring to the Armenian people living in Cyprus, he said that they are an
important part of the Cypriot people and contribute to a great extent to the
political, economic and social prosperity of the island.
Later on, the Armenian President visited the Armenian Archbishopric, Church
and School in Nicosia.
A warm welcome was awaiting him by Armenians living in Nicosia, who
applauded and thanked him for his visit.
Kocharian was welcomed by Archbishop of the Armenian Church in Cyprus
Varoujan Hergelian.
Armenian pupils, holding Cypriot and Armenian flags, greeted the official
Armenian delegation and prepared a cultural programme with traditional
dances for its members.
Speaking to the press, Representative of the Armenian Religious Group at the
House of Representatives Mahdesian Vartkes referred to the friendly
relations between Armenia and Cyprus, saying that the living conditions of
Armenians on the island are excellent.

Azat Artsakh, Republic of Nagorno Karabakh
Nov 25 2006

CLUB OF YOUNG DEFENDERS OF RIGHTS IN ARTSAKH

SVETLANA KHACHATRIAN

The International Association of Lawyers and Psychologists has
visited Stepanakert recently. About 30 high school students, teachers
and parents from Armenia and Javakheti arrived in Stepanakert. We
have learned from the chair of the NGO Khachatur Marozian that the
purpose of the visit is to set up a club of young defenders of rights
in Artsakh, which will help raising legal awareness among the younger
generation. Similar efforts were made in the schools of Armenia, and
Khachatur Marozian says the results were assessed as positive by the
ministry of education, the ministry of justice of Armenia, as well as
the parents and teachers. `They don’t have to become lawyers, it is
important that they be aware of their right to able to defend them
and uphold justice, and fight against castes,’ he says. According to
him, nepotism is deeply rooted in the society, and it should be
battled. It is difficult to develop this among grown-ups because they
have social problems and as they often depend on some person, they
cannot rise against these phenomena. Meanwhile, the younger
generation does not have such problems yet and it is easier to teach
them. If a person has legal awareness, he is able to protect his
rights, but first he must be able to defend others’ right, i.e. to be
aware of his duties as well. There are already teams of defenders of
rights in several Armenian schools, who often hold debates. The
members of the club said these debates are very effective, for
children learn to discuss issues, ask questions to the point and
analyze. The members of the club of young defenders of rights held a
debate at School 7 in Stepanakert on education and patriotism and
thereby set up the first team in Artsakh.

Cyprus News Agency, Cyprus
Nov 23 2006

Cyprus president backs Armenia, expects EU "sanctions" on Turkey from
mid-Dec

Nicosia, Nov 23 (CNA) – "The Cyprus problem is irrelevant to and
cannot be associated with Ankara’s commitments vis-a-vis the European
Union," stressed here tonight Cyprus President Tasos Papadhopoulos.

Addressing a state dinner given at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia
in honour of visiting President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan,
President Papadhopoulos said Turkey’s obligations as an occupying
power as regards the Cyprus problem are a completely different issue.

"These are obligations that dictate its positive contribution to the
efforts to achieve a functional and viable solution. The fulfilment
of these obligations is pending for 32 years now, resulting in the
continuing forceful division of our country and the terrible tragedy
of our people," the Cypriot president noted.

He stressed that "we have supported and continue to support the
European course of Turkey. However, it is Turkey that undermines this
course with its continuous denial to comply with the European
prerequisites and respond in a positive way to the commitments she
has undertaken. The Report by the European Commission, issued only a
few days ago, notes this provocative denial by Turkey. A denial which
in essence equals with contempt of the European accession criteria
and the European rules of political behaviour," Papadhopoulos added.

The Cypriot president wondered "when Turkey challenges the European
Union, of which it aims to become a member, what should be the
reaction of the European partners? When Turkey refuses to fulfil her
obligations vis-a-vis the European Union in general and vis-a-vis the
Republic of Cyprus in particular, what should be the consequences?"

For certain, he added, the European Union cannot tolerate this
provocative stand and behaviour of Ankara and has no right to consent
to a smooth and unhindered course for Turkey, as if nothing happens.
It is not possible, because of Turkey and for the sake of Turkey, to
ignore the established European procedures and to bypass the
statutory European rules, which are valid for every candidate
country, prior to accession.

Papadhopoulos said, however, that there is still time for Turkey to
comply with the recommendations and the demands of the European
Union. "So far we do not have valid reasons to be optimistic. On the
contrary, we have sound reasons to believe that it will continue her
negative stand. And unavoidably, it becomes clear that measures and
sanctions must be imposed on Turkey by the European Council, in the
middle of next month".

"We are not happy with this development, for which Turkey and no one
else is to blame. From the moment, however, that Turkey entrapped
itself into provocatively denying to fulfil its European obligations
there is no reasonable excuse, nor a legal way to avoid measures
against it," the president added.

He referred to the friendly ties between Cyprus and Armenia assuring
his Armenian counterpart that Cyprus "remains firm and consistent on
issues of principle that concern our steady and loyal friends, like
Armenia, especially when the issues of principle are common."

He said Cyprus, as a full member state of the great European family,
and Armenia as a country participating in the Action Plan, in the
framework of the European Neighbourhood Policy, have now, one more
opportunity to promote and expand their relations. Geographically,
Cyprus, more than any other European country, is closer to Armenia
and can, through the European Union Policy, become a communication
bridge between Europe and Armenia.

"I assure you, Mr President, that Cyprus, within the framework of the
European Union and on the basis of the European Neighbourhood Policy,
will support your friendly country in all its European aspirations
and in all its efforts for participation in European structures and
markets," Papadhopoulos pointed out.

Furthermore, he assured him that Cyprus fully supports the Minsk
Group efforts to achieve a peaceful and viable solution to the issue
of Nagorno-Karabakh in the framework of the Organization for Security
and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). Such a solution must of course meet
your own positions and aspirations, the Cypriot President concluded.