Bryza: Right to self-determination and territorial integrity possible to be combined

PanARMENIAN.Net - "I'd like Armenia also to participate in regional projects. But I understand that now our friends, who realize Baku-Tbilisi-Kars project, are not ready to include Armenia. But it is a political fact," stated OSCE MG American Co-Chair Matthew Bryza. "Nevertheless, we support both Azerbaijan, and Turkey and Georgia. As to Armenia, we'd like to find a solution to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict in order not to let such projects bypass all sides," he stressed.



Responding the question if it is possible to simultaneously satisfy claims to support peoples' right to self-determination and territorial integrity, Matthew Bryza said, "It's possible. This is our task as diplomats. We should find a compromise between the right of self-determination and territorial integrity. No universal principle exists. Every conflict differs from others. I think it is quite possible, if we create conditions to make possible such a compromise. Though it is difficult. Currently some technical issues remain, which the sides disagree on. But I think till and after the elections in Armenia it will be possible to find a common language. I do not know if political will exists in Armenia and Azerbaijan to do that. But I think Presidents Aliev and Kocharian want it, but when time of political elections approach it's difficult for them to do that.