OSCE MINSK GROUP HOPES FOR ARMENIAN AND AZERI AUTHORITIES TO DISPLAY WILL TO SETTLE KARABAKH CONFLICT

PanARMENIAN.Net - The OSCE Minsk group co-chairs hope for the Armenian and Azeri authorities to find political will for final settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. As reported by "Arka" agency, US assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs Elizabeth Jones said when addressing the House of Representatives on the American-European ties the other day. In her words, "this year presidential election is held in Armenia and Azerbaijan, thus, none of the parties agrees to politically hard concessions in the peaceful settlement of the Karabakh issue." The assistant secretary of state emphasized the US continued searching for a comprehensive and mutually acceptable solution of the Karabakh conflict. Calling the Caucasian and Central Asian states "new neighbors" of the NATO and EU that are spreading to the East, E. Jones noted the US was striving for more active work to bring together the NATO and the states situated at the front of the war against international terrorism. To turn these states into stable, democratic and developing members of Europe, EU should also render both political and financial support to the reforms in them," - E. Jones said.