Karabakh hasn't received "technical document" on conflict settlement yet

December 16, 2008 - 18:36 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The Nagorno Karabakh authorities have not received the "technical document" French mediator Bernard Fassier was speaking about, said Georgy Petrossian, the NKR Foreign Minister.



"However as a party to the conflict, acknowledged as such in accordance with OSCE basic documents on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, we expect to get it soon from the Minsk Group Co-chairs," he said.



Earlier, OSCE MG French Co-chair, Ambassador Bernard Fassier said that Foreign Ministers of Russia, France and the U.S. handed a technical document, which can speed up the settlement process, to the sides in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.



"First of all, this document should be developed and studied. Afterwards, it will be either approved or rejected," the Ambassador said, adding that Armenia and Azerbaijan were offered a schedule of coordination of the basic principles till the end of the year.



"The latest meeting in Helsinki was useful. Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan held 5-hour talks on the Karabakh issue," Fassier said.
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