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    OSCE CHAIRMAN DISCUSSES REGIONAL SECURITY IN YEREVAN

    Trend
    Feb 16 2010
    Azerbaijan

    OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Secretary of State and
    Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev discussed regional security issues
    with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian in Yerevan.

    Saudabayev stressed the importance of withdrawing snipers from
    the contact line between the armed forces in the area of the
    Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

    "Any measures aimed at defusing the situation should be supported
    and implemented, including those regarding the presence of snipers
    on the frontline," he said at a news conference today.

    "During today's meeting, we continued to discuss issues and prospects
    of further deepening Armenian-Kazakh relations, as well as several
    regional and international issues, and issues of cooperation within
    international organizations," Nalbandian said at a news conference
    today.

    According to the official, given the OSCE's role in resolving the
    Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the the negotiation process and Armenia's
    efforts to find a peaceful resolution to the conflict were discussed
    at the meeting. The parties also talked about healing Armenian-Turkish
    relations.

    Kazakh Foreign Ministry International Information Committee Chairman
    Roman Vasilenko, who also participated in the meeting, said Astana
    is an honest broker and impartial mediator, supporting OSCE's peace
    efforts in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict within the Minsk Group.

    "We attach great importance to the protracted conflict and analyze
    from a realistic point of view. If we can move processes forward,
    then that will be great progress," he said.

    The OSCE chairman is on visit to the South Caucasus Feb. 14-17.

    Saudabayev, who arrived in Yerevan on a two-day visit, will meet with
    Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan.
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