YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 3, ARMENPRESS: It is not clear yet whether the OSCE Minsk
Group Co-Chairs will visit Stepanakert, or not at the course of the visit to
the region this time. Anyway, to this point, such a meeting is not planned. If
the Co-Chairs pay a visit to Stepanakert, the President of the Republic of
Nagorno-Karabakh Bako Sahakyan will react on the most modern problems and will
pay a special attention to the situation in the border and the provocative
actions by Azerbaijan. Press Secretary of the President of the Republic of
Nagorno-Karabakh Davit Babayan stated in
a conversation with “Armenpress” that according to the tradition, Bako Sahakyan
will introduce not only the current situation, political and military problems,
but also the position of official Stepanakert.
“The Co-Chairs have
been introduced the position of Stepanakert for many times. First of all the
full format of negotiations must be restored and Stepanakert should officially
participate in all stages of the negotiation process, from beginning to
end. It should be clear to everybody
that there is no return to the past, regarding both status, and boundaries. We
can never put our independence and security under suspect,” Davit Babayan said.
He added that Stepanakert is in favor of the peaceful settlement of the
conflict.
On February 2 the
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs arrived in the region. Armenpress reports, citing
the twitter note of the US co-chair James Warlick that the co-chairs intend to
meet with the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan during the visit. “We will
meet with the presidents to find out if they are ready to make steps towards
peace”, - wrote Warlick in his microblog.
As reported by the Azerbaijani APA News Agency, the OSCE
Minsk Group co-chairs arrived in Azerbaijan. French co-chair Jacques Faure and
US co-chair James Warlick arrived to Baku on February 2. On February 3 the
co-chairs will meet the president and minister of foreign affairs of
Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev and Elmar Mamedyarov. After Baku they will visit
Armenia. The situation of the settlement process of the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict will be discussed at the meetings.
On January 24 the ministers of foreign affairs of Armenia
and Azerbaijan, Edward Nalbandyan and Elmar Mamedyarov, met in Paris. The
meeting was attended also by the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs and the Personal
Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk. The sides
agreed on the forthcoming visit of the co-chairs to the region. They intend to
organize the meeting of the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan Serzh Sargsyan
and Ilham Aliyev.
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