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    Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
    Jan 14 2008


    OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs visit the region

    [ 14 Jan 2008 13:08 ]

    Matthew Bryza: We will learn the parties' opinion of the proposals
    presented in Madrid

    The Russian co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group arrived in Baku yesterday
    afternoon. The American co-chair Matthew Bryza and French co-chair
    Bernard Fassier arrived in Baku in the evening. APA's special
    correspondent in Heydar Aliyev International Airport Tamara
    Grigoryeva reports that Matthew Bryza told journalists they will
    continue negotiations. The co-chair said that the aim of the visit is
    to learn the parties' opinion of the new proposals presented at the
    recent meeting with Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers. The
    American co-chair also said that they are expected to attend the next
    OSCE monitoring on the frontline. According to the co-chair, they
    hope they will attend such a process.
    Matthew Bryza said signing any peace agreement before the
    presidential elections in Armenia is not realistic and underlined
    that the possibility of improving the process of negotiations during
    this period is not an exception.
    The French co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group Bernard Fassier wished
    progress to the parties concerning Nagorno Karabakh process in the
    New Year. According to the co-chair, those who say there was no
    improvement in the process in 2007 are unaware of the details of
    Madrid meeting. Bernard Fassier said that the OSCE member countries
    worked together in Madrid and presented new proposals to the parties.
    The co-chair also said he does not await that one of the parties will
    accept all proposals or be ready for all compromises.
    `This is a process where both parties should compromise,' he said.
    Bernard Fassier gave a positive answer to the question concerning the
    meeting with head of Nagorno Karabakh's Azerbaijani community Nizami
    Bahmanov. He said that working in large composition will possibly
    produce positive results. The French co-chair expressed his hope that
    the elections in Azerbaijan and Armenia will not freeze the process
    of negotiations.
    The co-chairs will today have a meeting in Azerbaijani Foreign
    Ministry. /APA/
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