P. Semneby hopes soon talks around Karabakh will start again on high level

PanARMENIAN.Net - EU Special Representative in the South Caucasus Peter Semneby is a bit worried by the fact that talks around the Nagorno Karabakh conflict are being carried out less active because of parliamentary elections in Armenia. Mr. Semneby expresses his opinion after the meeting with Nagorno Karabakh President Arkadi Ghukassian in NKR representation in Yerevan commenting on OSCE PA President Goran Lennmarker's statement that a peace treaty is possible in summer of 2007 between Armenia and Azerbaijan. At the same time Semneby hopes very much that soon negotiations on high level will start again and Lennmarker's statement will come true. EU's Special Representative said, it is important that progress in the settlement process that was fixed after Minsk meeting between Armenian and Azeri presidents, served as a base for more active negotiation process.



Commenting on parliamentarian elections in Armenia Semneby stressed its importance, since it is the first election in Armenia after signing Action Plan in the framework of European Neighborhood Policy. "It will serve as a test for our relations, as well as how Armenia will relate to mutual commitments in future," he underlined. "The EU will actively participate in watchdog process of elections," Peter Semneby said, adding that the large number of observers from European countries is also a signal for Armenia as evidence of the fact that European structures pay great importance to this election, IA Regnum reports.