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MOSCOW OPPOSES CHANGES IN KARABAKH MEDIATION FORMAT
Interfax
July 6 2011
Russia
Attempts to change the format of mediating the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict at a stage, when a decision must be made on this problem,
are counter-productive, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
"Essentially, we have reached a situation where decisions must be
made. I do not think that conversations, especially at this decisive
stage, about changing the mediation format, will be productive,"
he told a press conference after talks with his Armenian counterpart
Edward Nalbandian.
"Such talks only create an illusion that if the form is changed, the
content will sort itself out. Normally, the ideas about constantly
changing the mediation format divert attention from the substance,"
the Russian minister said.
"The same applies to other situations. There are quite a few ideas
about changing the format of the Transdniestrian settlement process. I
think all this comes from evil," Lavrov said.
The format involving the Minsk Group is fairly efficient, it has
amassed sufficient experience in the negotiating process over
Nagorno-Karabakh, Nalbandian said.
"Attempts to shift it to other formats - I very much liked the
expression used by Sergei Viktorovich [Lavrov] - are "from evil,"
I think, that is really so," the Armenian foreign minister said.
From: Baghdasarian
Interfax
July 6 2011
Russia
Attempts to change the format of mediating the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict at a stage, when a decision must be made on this problem,
are counter-productive, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
"Essentially, we have reached a situation where decisions must be
made. I do not think that conversations, especially at this decisive
stage, about changing the mediation format, will be productive,"
he told a press conference after talks with his Armenian counterpart
Edward Nalbandian.
"Such talks only create an illusion that if the form is changed, the
content will sort itself out. Normally, the ideas about constantly
changing the mediation format divert attention from the substance,"
the Russian minister said.
"The same applies to other situations. There are quite a few ideas
about changing the format of the Transdniestrian settlement process. I
think all this comes from evil," Lavrov said.
The format involving the Minsk Group is fairly efficient, it has
amassed sufficient experience in the negotiating process over
Nagorno-Karabakh, Nalbandian said.
"Attempts to shift it to other formats - I very much liked the
expression used by Sergei Viktorovich [Lavrov] - are "from evil,"
I think, that is really so," the Armenian foreign minister said.
From: Baghdasarian