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Nagorno-karabakh conflict
(Trend) - The OSCE Minsk Group at this stage of regulation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has proved to be effective, said U.S. OSCE MG Robert Bradtke.
"OSCE MG format is quite flexible and able to respond quickly to any changes in the region" - Bradtke said speaking at a hearing Wednesday in the European Parliament. According to him, also in the future seen big role of EU in resolving of the conflict.
According to him, in a recent statement in Deauville leaders of three countries of the OSCE Minsk Group urged the parties to make "bold steps" to apply basic principles. Speaking about the performance of the co-chairs, U.S. mediator said: "The main thing we have done - to prevent a new war. "
According to the French co-chairman Bernard Fassier, the EU's role in this conflict is decisive. "The role of the EU as a minimum training of civil society in both countries" - said Fassier. Also, the ambassador said if the basic principles are not taken soon, the co-chairs have come up with a new concept.
According Fassier, Co-Chairs were hoping for a breakthrough in 2009, and that's why the presidents of the OSCE Minsk Group for the first time took the responsibility to publish the basic principles for a settlement. "
"Thus, today we come to an end the third cycle of the Karabakh conflict ", - the diplomat said.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994.
The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.
"OSCE MG format is quite flexible and able to respond quickly to any changes in the region" - Bradtke said speaking at a hearing Wednesday in the European Parliament. According to him, also in the future seen big role of EU in resolving of the conflict.
According to him, in a recent statement in Deauville leaders of three countries of the OSCE Minsk Group urged the parties to make "bold steps" to apply basic principles. Speaking about the performance of the co-chairs, U.S. mediator said: "The main thing we have done - to prevent a new war. "
According to the French co-chairman Bernard Fassier, the EU's role in this conflict is decisive. "The role of the EU as a minimum training of civil society in both countries" - said Fassier. Also, the ambassador said if the basic principles are not taken soon, the co-chairs have come up with a new concept.
According Fassier, Co-Chairs were hoping for a breakthrough in 2009, and that's why the presidents of the OSCE Minsk Group for the first time took the responsibility to publish the basic principles for a settlement. "
"Thus, today we come to an end the third cycle of the Karabakh conflict ", - the diplomat said.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994.
The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.
