OSCE MG Cannot Take Decision Instead of Yerevan and BakuApril 11, 2006 - 20:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The OSCE Minsk Group cannot take decisions instead of Armenia and Azerbaijan. It will be a hard decision since no peaceful agreement can completely justify the hopes of the parties, OSCE Minsk Group French Co-chair Bernard Fassier stated at a press conference in Baku. "But I can say that there is a solution that will meet the demands the conflicting parties with 80%. However the final decision should be taken by the leaders and governments of your states," he emphasized.According to Fassier, the Co-chairs regret that the Rambouillet meeting yielded no fruit. "The year of 2005 was very tensed and many meeting and talks on the Karabakh conflict settlement were held. The Presidents were expected to agree on some unsettled principles but they failed to do it," the Co-chair said. In his words, the work will be continued in the same intense regime. The negotiations will set the basic principles of the fundamental agreement, the French mediator considers. "I am convinced that there is the possibility to reach consent," he said, reported Trend news agency. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Police try to impede Armenian Church head’s access to war memorial Police tried to stop the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, from visiting a war memorial. Greece says ready to help as Armenia fights flooding consequences Greece is ready to assist Armenia in combatting the consequences of deadly floods in the country’s north. “He will leave”: Protest leader no longer demands meeting with Pashinyan Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan no longer demands a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. |