OSCE Minsk Group close to compromise settlement of Karabakh conflict, Matthew Bryza says
31.07.2007,
21:14
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group are close to a compromise settlement of the Karabakh conflict, Matthew Bryza, Co-Chair of OSCE Minsk Group, said Monday during his meeting with Speaker of the RA Parliament Tigran Torosian in Yerevan.
YEREVAN, July 31. /ARKA/. The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group are close to a compromise settlement of the Karabakh conflict, Matthew Bryza, Co-Chair of OSCE Minsk Group, said Monday during his meeting with Speaker of the RA Parliament Tigran Torosian in Yerevan.
Bryza attached importance to three principles of the Helsinki Final Act: territorial integrity, peoples’ free self-determination and search of compromise settlement.
According to him, any conflict settlement must be guided by basic principles.
However, Bryza considers it illogical that the parties to other conflicts, for example those to the Kosovo conflict, should also achieve independence.
In his turn, RA Speaker Tigran Torosian pointed out that the controversies over those principles are “seeming” ones. According to Torosian, the activities of the OSCE Minsk Group over these two years testify to the fact that the right formula, based on the correlation of those principles has been found.
Torosian believes that in this way, the Karabakh conflict, as well as other conflicts, can be solved.
The RA Speaker said he is optimistic about the possible settlement of the Karabakh conflict, though, he is skeptical about an early settlement.
As regards the Kosovo conflict, a “rather interesting picture” has been created there, Torosian said. The international community has been divided into two parties. The first party thinks Kosovo is a unique case, and that it should achieve independence, whereas the second one is sure that all the conflicts should be solved in the same way.
According to Torosian, both positions are not well-grounded. “If it is grounded why the Kosovo conflict is unique, or why other conflicts should be settled in the same way, the problem will be simplified,” he said. Z. Sh. –0--
Bryza attached importance to three principles of the Helsinki Final Act: territorial integrity, peoples’ free self-determination and search of compromise settlement.
According to him, any conflict settlement must be guided by basic principles.
However, Bryza considers it illogical that the parties to other conflicts, for example those to the Kosovo conflict, should also achieve independence.
In his turn, RA Speaker Tigran Torosian pointed out that the controversies over those principles are “seeming” ones. According to Torosian, the activities of the OSCE Minsk Group over these two years testify to the fact that the right formula, based on the correlation of those principles has been found.
Torosian believes that in this way, the Karabakh conflict, as well as other conflicts, can be solved.
The RA Speaker said he is optimistic about the possible settlement of the Karabakh conflict, though, he is skeptical about an early settlement.
As regards the Kosovo conflict, a “rather interesting picture” has been created there, Torosian said. The international community has been divided into two parties. The first party thinks Kosovo is a unique case, and that it should achieve independence, whereas the second one is sure that all the conflicts should be solved in the same way.
According to Torosian, both positions are not well-grounded. “If it is grounded why the Kosovo conflict is unique, or why other conflicts should be settled in the same way, the problem will be simplified,” he said. Z. Sh. –0--
