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14 December 2006 - 13:02 AMT

CMCE Head Called to Speed up Efforts on Karabakh Conflict Settlement

“In connection with the ‘constitutional referendum’ held in Nagorno Karabakh December 10, 2006, and which was not recognized by the international community, the Chairman of Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe again expressed his full support to the OSCE Minsk Group and its Co-Chairs for the Nagorno Karabakh conflict,” says the declaration of CoE Ministerial Committee on the ‘Constitutional referendum’in the Nagorno Karabakh.

“The Chairman underlines that the conduction of the ‘referendum’ before the results of negotiations cannot contribute to the settlement of the conflict. He calls all the parties to speed up the efforts for the peaceful solution of the conflict in accordance with obligations taken by Azerbaijan and Armenia before entering the CoE,” says the CMCE, CoE Press Office reports.