A pause is possible in Karabakh issue, but OSCE MG does not give up, Bryza stated

PanARMENIAN.Net - "A year ago there was a pause in the talks around the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. Then I began to work as OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair. Then we said in the Minsk Group that we shall restore works when presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan themselves decide what steps they'd like to make. They did it in autumn last year," OSCE Minsk Group American Co-Chair, US Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza stated.



He said Russia, USA and France are successfully cooperating in the framework of the OSCE MG, and there is a chance to resolve the problem till the end of this year. "I was in Yerevan, Baku and we shall still witness a spirit of constructive cooperation, although I will not predict that the resolution will be reached this year. Maybe there will be a pause because of elections in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia next year, but we do not give up," Bryza underlined.



He also added that he had not had the honor to meet the newly elected President of Nagorno Karabakh. "But we think that there must be no influence from him on the process of talks," the American diplomat underscored, "Vremya Novostei" reports.