December 9, 2002 - 18:47 AMT
BAKU EFFORTS TO ABUSE OSCE PEACE PROCESS FAILED
We are satisfied with the results of the two-day summit of the OSCE foreign ministers in Porto very much. Armenian foreign minister Vardan Oskanian expressed such opinion after the completion of the forum. In his words, a number of important documents were passed there, in particular, resolutions on struggle against terrorism, as well as against trafficking and smuggling. The minister also expressed satisfaction with the outcomes of the discussions of questions directly concerning Armenia, in particular, those on the Nagorno Karabakh problem. "Azerbaijan's many-years-long efforts to abuse the OSCE peace process failed: they did not manage to realize their strategy to use the process as hostage for attaining their goals," - Vardan Oskanian said. The Armenian foreign ministry head held meetings with his Romanian, Lithuanian and Yugoslavian counterparts in Porto.