Matthew Bryza: I feel Karabakh problem will be solved but I can't say when

PanARMENIAN.Net - Matthew Bryza (U.S.) and Bernard Fassier (France), the Co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement will meet in Paris next week in the framework of International Energy Conference, Matthew Bryza said in Baku. "The settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict needs political will. The situation is not complicated but the schedule is intensive because of the upcoming elections in Armenia this year. It is welcoming that democracy is developing and elections are held in both countries. I feel that the problem will be solved but I can not say when. I feel very optimistic regarding the settlement of the conflict, but I can't solve it alone. We expect the Presidents to prepare their communities for this process. Our duty is to help the parties to hold negotiations through stages," Mr Bryza said.



The U.S. Co-chair also said Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers will meet in several weeks, but the Co-chairs are not going to visit the region soon. When commenting on applying Kosovo variant to the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, the American mediator said each conflict has its specific features, so any settlement can not be applied as a model. "There exist some elements for the solution of the discrepancy concerning the core principles. I think, we have achieved progress to some extent, no deep discrepancy exists between the parties," he said, reports APA.