GUAM CALLED OSCE TO MORE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN KARABAKH SETTLEMENT

PanARMENIAN.Net - June 21 in Vienna Minister of Foreign Affairs of Moldova Andrey Stratan delivered a speech on behalf of GUAM at the annual OSCE conference on security dedicated to the 30-th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act and 15-th anniversary of the Paris Charter. In his words, OSCE member-states should rate the lasting conflicts in Moldova, Abkhazia, Georgia and Karabakh as a threat to stability and development on the EuroAtlantic area and activate its role in settling the conflicts available. GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova) called to resolve the conflicts on the basis of "norms of jus gentium, principles of territorial integrity and inviolability of state borders." The statement says that GUAM fully supports the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict with respect for the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and welcomes the activities within the Prague process. At the same time stressing the importance of "establishing cooperation between the Armenian and Azeri communities in Nagorno Karabakh (the latter being a part on Azerbaijan) the organization called upon the OSCE and the Minsk Group to be more active."