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OSCE CHAIRPERSON DISCUSSES NAGORNO-KARABAKH NEGOTIATIONS WITH MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS
States News Service
July 12, 2011 Tuesday
The following information was released by the Organization for Security
and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE):
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius
AĆubalis today met the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group: Ambassador
Bernard Fassier of France, Robert Bradtke of the United States, and
Igor Popov of the Russian Federation accompanied by Ambassador Andrzej
Kasprzyk, the Personal Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office
on the conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference.
AĆubalis voiced support for the efforts by the Co-Chairs of the
OSCE Minsk Group to achieve a breakthrough at the negotiations on
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and called for more civil society
involvement in the implementation of confidence-building measures,
saying: "It will contribute to the resolution of the conflict, and
will strengthen confidence among the societies."
The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs informed AĆubalis about the trilateral
meeting of Armenian, Azerbaijani and Russian Presidents in Kazan on
24 June, which was an attempt to agree on basic principles as the
framework for a comprehensive settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict. They also discussed the prospects of a solution of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and planned negotiating initiatives for
the remaining year.
The OSCE Minsk Group was established in 1992 to encourage a peaceful,
negotiated resolution to the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia
over Nagorno-Karabakh. The negotiation process is headed by the
Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group. Ambassador Kasprzyk represents the
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in the process, and his office monitors
the ceasefire.
States News Service
July 12, 2011 Tuesday
The following information was released by the Organization for Security
and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE):
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius
AĆubalis today met the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group: Ambassador
Bernard Fassier of France, Robert Bradtke of the United States, and
Igor Popov of the Russian Federation accompanied by Ambassador Andrzej
Kasprzyk, the Personal Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office
on the conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference.
AĆubalis voiced support for the efforts by the Co-Chairs of the
OSCE Minsk Group to achieve a breakthrough at the negotiations on
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and called for more civil society
involvement in the implementation of confidence-building measures,
saying: "It will contribute to the resolution of the conflict, and
will strengthen confidence among the societies."
The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs informed AĆubalis about the trilateral
meeting of Armenian, Azerbaijani and Russian Presidents in Kazan on
24 June, which was an attempt to agree on basic principles as the
framework for a comprehensive settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict. They also discussed the prospects of a solution of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and planned negotiating initiatives for
the remaining year.
The OSCE Minsk Group was established in 1992 to encourage a peaceful,
negotiated resolution to the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia
over Nagorno-Karabakh. The negotiation process is headed by the
Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group. Ambassador Kasprzyk represents the
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in the process, and his office monitors
the ceasefire.