Date of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office’s visit to South Caucasus unknown

March 15, 2012 - 19:13 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Eamon Gilmore’s visit to the South Caucasus, scheduled for April, is postponed until summer, Azerbaijani media outlets said citing the press service of the Irish Chairmanship, with no reasons provided.

Meanwhile, OSCE press service told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter that no specific information can be provided yet on terms of Mr. Gilmore’s visit to Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.

The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office’s first visit to the South Caucasus region is expected in early April. The Irish Chairmanship sets resolution of conflicts in the OSCE territory such as Nagorno Karabakh, Georgian and Transnistrian conflict a priority in 2012.

Earlier, acting OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Eamon Gilmore voiced Irish Chairmanship’s readiness to continue activity on settlement of protracted conflicts, including Karabakh one.