OSCE MG: TERMS OF AGREEMENT ON KARABAKH DEPEND ON POLITICAL WILL OF PEOPLE

PanARMENIAN.Net - "The draft agreement will hardly be ready by the meeting of the Armenian and Azeri Presidents in Kazan. We are working at the formulation and principles of the settlement. The process of their coordination will probably take several months," Russian Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Yuri Merzlyakov said at a press conference in Baku. "Peaceful agreement can be worked out as within the next several months as within the next century. The terms depend on the political will of the leaders and people", the US Co-Chair added. French Co-Chair Bernard Fassier shared the opinion. In his words, the Minsk Group is a mediator only while the Presidents are responsible for the establishment of peace. The mediators reported that during the negotiations with the Azerbaijani leadership the issue of opening communications between Azerbaijan and Nakhichevan via Armenia and Karabakh. In their opinion when the issue is urgent it will be advisable to include the Armenian and Azeri communities of Karabakh in the process, Day.az reports.