OSCE: Although MG efforts have not resulted in any breakthrough, parties continue talks

PanARMENIAN.Net - On the threshold of the sitting of the OSCE Council of Foreign Ministers an annual OSCE magazine was published in Madrid. Commenting on the outcomes of 2007, OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos called it the year of ordeals.



"Throughout 2007, the Co-Chairpersons of the Minsk Group, with the active support of the Personal Representative of the Spanish Chairmanship, Josep Borrell Fontelles, have continued their efforts to facilitate a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. Although these intensive mediation efforts have not resulted in any breakthrough, the parties remain committed to continuing the negotiations and finding a common vision to overcome their remaining differences," he said.



He also welcomed Kazakhstan's bid for OSCE chairmanship. "This is the first post soviet state to take an initiative that opens a way to Central Asia.



The magazine also contains remarks by Foreign Affairs Minister Ilkka Kanerva of Finland that will assume OSCE chairmanship in the OSCE in 2008, the OSCE press office reported.