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14 February 2007 - 10:40 AMT

Andrzej Kasprzyk: half of negotiating process left behind

“Since all of the elements of the negotiations on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict have not been coordinated, it means there is no result. The co-chairs can specify the importance of the issue in different ways. I think we have achieved some progress, the parties to the conflict are close to some issues discussed in the frame of the Prague process. The parties do not come to common point on all issues. I hope the next meeting will help the foreign ministers come to an understanding,” said Andrzej Kasprzyk, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office.

“Half of the negotiating process is left behind. If we demonstrate political will on all political issues, then we can demonstrate our will in the settlement of other issues. People should support the results of the negotiations. Otherwise, the presidents will have difficulties to take any measures. The people should understand that why the parties came to this agreement. Sometimes it is difficult to detail the issues. Once, Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian said that they would prepare their people to agreement if all the elements of the negotiations are specified. The Co-chairs consider that it is necessary to explain the people that the compromises are inevitable and which of them are worth to be done. Straining of the situation should be avoided. A settlement plan can be mentioned if these principles are obeyed,” said he, reports the APA.