"OSCE may be single platform for resolving conflicts"

Protracted conflicts are a major concern of the OSCE. The key challenge facing the upcoming OSCE summit in Astana is to find a way to effectively resolve existing problems, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Petros Efthimiou said at a press conference today. The summit will be held on Dec. 1-2.

"The OSCE may be the single platform that is capable of providing a mechanism for resolving problems associated with conflicts," he said. "We will adhere to the position of mutual aid in finding solutions to protracted conflicts, including Nagorno Karabakh, at this summit."

He added that the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly is one of the strongest international bodies in terms of gaining trust in inter-parliamentary dialogue and shaping public opinion on conflicts.

"I am confident that the situation around Nagorno-Karabakh will improve after the summit," he said.

The Georgian-South Ossetian conflict will also be a key point of the summit, he said.


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