Chairman: OSCE doesn’t see alternatives in the regulation of Karabakh conflict
18.03.2011,
18:45
Acting OSCE Chairman, Foreign Minister of Lithuania Audronius Ażubalis said that he doesn’t see any alternatives in the regulation of Karabakh conflict.
YEREVAN, March 18. /ARKA/. Acting OSCE Chairman, Foreign Minister of Lithuania Audronius Ażubalis said that he doesn’t see any alternatives in the regulation of Karabakh conflict.
“The conflict should be solved in peaceful way. If we want to regulate this conflict, we should not increase tenseness of the situation and perform military actions”, he said in the press-conference in Yerevan.
The parties should start from small steps and go ahead. He is confident that withdrawal of snipers and creation of hot lines can help to reduce the tenseness in the region.
Karabakh conflict started in 1988 after announcement of coming out of Nagorno- Karabakh from Azerbaijan. On December 10, 1991 referendum took place in Nagorno- Karabakh where 99.89% agreed to become independent from Azerbaijan. On May 12, 1994 military actions were terminated in the zone. About 25-30 thousand people died from each side and about 1 million had to leave their houses.
Cease-fire continues till now. From 1992 till present negotiations are conducted on peaceful regulation of the conflict in the frames of Minsk Group of OSCE, co-chairmen of which are USA, Russia and France. --0--
“The conflict should be solved in peaceful way. If we want to regulate this conflict, we should not increase tenseness of the situation and perform military actions”, he said in the press-conference in Yerevan.
The parties should start from small steps and go ahead. He is confident that withdrawal of snipers and creation of hot lines can help to reduce the tenseness in the region.
Karabakh conflict started in 1988 after announcement of coming out of Nagorno- Karabakh from Azerbaijan. On December 10, 1991 referendum took place in Nagorno- Karabakh where 99.89% agreed to become independent from Azerbaijan. On May 12, 1994 military actions were terminated in the zone. About 25-30 thousand people died from each side and about 1 million had to leave their houses.
Cease-fire continues till now. From 1992 till present negotiations are conducted on peaceful regulation of the conflict in the frames of Minsk Group of OSCE, co-chairmen of which are USA, Russia and France. --0--
