March 7, 2009 - 22:58 AMT
07:27 GMT
Within two days the OSCE Minsk Group made two nearly identical declarations. The declarations are practically the same, and, to tell the truth, the first thing that occurs to you is "Why are they doing it"? In a wider sense, any such declaration is a usual practice in such formats of conflict regulation. From time to time they have to remind you about their uniqueness and semblance of work. And now you must be blind not to see that the mediators' activity has long become a fiction. However, it is the frequency of the OSCE MG statements that puts us on our guard - in fact, it was the third declaration issued since February 19.