"If someone wants Kosovo to become a precedent, it will become a precedent for him, for that person. I think many people in Russia, including President Putin best of all understand Caucasus and they do not want Kosovo to become a precedent for Caucasus. It would be awful and for North Caucasus too," OSCE Minsk Group American Co-Chair, US Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza stated. "We do not say it is forbidden, we say it is not necessary. It must not happen but is not forbidden. I just do not see any logic here: if one group of separatists gets independence, does it mean that all separatist groups in the world will get independence and this will continue till the end of the world? There is no logic here. These are different situations. Otherwise why do we negotiate on Karabakh if the problem can be resolved by the analogue of Kosovo? The events that are happening in Kosovo must not influence on the settlement of the Karabakh conflict, since these two conflicts are far away from each other. That's why if we follow this logic and Kosovo does not become a precedent for Karabakh, it means that no universal precedent exists at all," Bryza underlined.

He also thinks Kosovo cannot serve as a precedent for conflicts in Georgia. "The situation in Georgia is unique, like any every such situation is unique at all. And we hope that the sides step-by-step will reach a situation when South Ossetia will get autonomous status within Georgia. This is our wish, our policy. At the same time I do not assure that we shall have this variant, but we are seeking for it. It is possible now," the American diplomat underscored, "Vremya Novostei" reports.