"I do not admit even for a minute that David Atkinson report on Nagorno Karabakh can anyhow serve as basis for applying force," stated the Council of Europe Secretary General Terry Davis. "If any of the parties launches hostilities in the Karabakh conflict zone, the Council of Ministers will instantly respond to it and will undertake preventive measures without a PACE decision," Terry Davis said. The CoE Sec. Gen. reminded that the OSCE Minsk Group holds the mediator mandate in the conflict settlement. "The CoE does not try to replace the OSCE MG and the work of the Co-Chairs, we try to support and assist the Ambassadors to solve the problem," he noted. In his words, the mediators make many efforts to reconcile the parties to conflict. "The Karabakh settlement should not be permanent, the solution of the problem is both in the interests of Armenia and Azerbaijan," the CoE Sec. Gen. underscored, reported Arminfo.