“I hope following a few meetings between ministers of exterior of Azerbaijan and Armenia within the framework of Prague process and negotiations held in Warsaw and Kazan in 2005, as well as in Rambouillet, the Nagorno Karabakh conflict will be resolved,” Romanian Foreign Minister Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu and chairman of Council of Europe Committee of Ministers said in his written response of April 12 to the questions raised by members of Azeri parliament Ganira Pashayeva and Rafael Huseynov.
The letter says in part, “Heads of states shared their opinions regarding the unresolved conflicts at the third meeting in Warsaw. The CoE Committee of Ministers has come to decision to pay special attention to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. This position has undergone no changes since Azerbaijan and Armenia joined the CoE. The societies of both countries, including members of parliament, have their responsibilities in this respect. Using the language of threats is it impossible to come to a positive solution,” the Romanian Minister writes. He opines that neither the CoE nor Committee of Ministers is authorized to interfere into the negotiations or the conflict resolution, as this is responsibility of OSCE Minsk Group. However, the CoE may provide some assistance in development of cooperation between the two countries, in particular, resolution 1690 approved by Ministers Committee in September 2005, which states a number of such initiatives, reported Trend.
