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    NAGORNO-KARABAKH TALKS CONSTRUCTIVE: OSCE MINSK GROUP'S CO-CHAIRS

    Trend News Agency
    Aug 1 2008
    Azerbaijan

    Russia, Moscow, 1 August /Trend News corr. R.Agayev/ OSCE Minsk Group's
    co-chairs believe negotiations on settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
    conflict which took place between Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign
    Ministers in Moscow on 1 August were constructive.

    "We go forward and do our utmost. Now I cannot say whether it is a
    progress or not, but the negotiations are constructive and it is a
    very important advancement," U.S. co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group
    said at a briefing on 1 August.

    "I can only cite the words of the foreign ministers. They said the
    meeting was constructive. We, co-chairs, think both ministers were
    satisfied with the results of the meeting," OSCE Minsk Group's Russian
    co-chair Yuri Merzlyakov said.

    Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and his Armenian
    counterpart Edward Nalbandyan met in Moscow on 1 August to discuss
    basic principles of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict settlement.

    According to Merzlyakov, the press differently treats the Minsk
    Group. "One cannot say we are inactive, since that was the third
    meeting of the ministers within recent three months. The Presidents
    also met, we paid a visit to the region. One could not be more active,"
    he said.

    "I think the quantity will be transformed into quality. That will
    happen. But it is most difficult to foretell the time, so we will not,"
    said Merzlyakov.

    Minsk Group's French co-chair Bernard Fassier said intensity of
    the work is confirmed by the fact that ministers are holding the
    discussions on the basis of Minsk Group's last-year proposals made
    in Madrid.

    Matthew Bryza said the mood is constructive and that means the sides
    are approaching to peace. "A compromise is possible, should the sides
    show the political will. The two countries' ministers and Presidents
    normally treat each other and the negotiations are underway," he said.

    The conflict between the two countries of the South Caucasus began
    in 1988 due to Armenian territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Since
    1992, Armenian Armed Forces have occupied 20% of Azerbaijan including
    the Nagorno-Karabakh region and its seven surrounding districts. In
    1994, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement at which
    time the active hostilities ended. The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk
    Group (Russia, France, and the US) are currently holding peaceful
    negotiations.
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