KAZAKHSTAN TO PLAY MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN SETTLING NAGORNO KARABAKH CONFLICT DURING OSCE PRESIDENCY

Baku, January 5 (AzerTAc). Kazakhstan will play more active role in settling the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh conflict during the OSCE chairmanship in 2010.
Official Astana will place special emphasis on soonest solution to conflicts and other problems in the South Caucasus including energy and transit-related issues.
Kazakhstan repeatedly demonstrated its support for settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute in the frame of Azerbaijan`s territorial integrity.
At a conference on perspectives and challenges of Kazakhstan`s 2010 OSCE Chairmanship held recently in Astana, Armenia`s occupation policy against Azerbaijan was unanimously condemned.
Actions to be taken this year regarding the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and other disputes will be discussed at a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council on January 14 in Vienna.
Kazakh foreign minister and secretary of state Kanat Saudabayev said his country would make every effort to contribute to strengthening security and cooperation “from Vancouver to the Far East”.
Kazakhstan took over the OSCE chairmanship from Greece on January 1.