Vladimir Kazimirov: "Election campaigns in Armenia and Azerbaijan will measure sincerity of intentions of the peaceful settlement of Nagorno-Garabagh conflict"

Former co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group on the peaceful settlement of Nagorno-Garabagh conflict, ambassador Vladimir Kazimirov considers that the resolution of the conflict mostly depends on the election campaigns in Azerbaijan and Armenia.

He made the due statement during a conference "Expanded Black Sea region: prospects of international and regional security".

"The international community, primarily the OSCE, must inform the sides about it", he announced and reminded that political scientists often called the year of 2007 "a window of opportunities".

"In other words, I would say that the "window of impossibilities" of 2008 must be used to resist all negative events on the four conflicts on the territory of the former USSR. The election campaigns in Armenia and Azerbaijan will measure sincerity of intentions of the peaceful settlement of Nagorno-Garabagh conflict", Kazimirov noted.

The talks on the settlement of Nagorno-Garabagh conflict are held in a bilateral format between Armenia and Azerbaijan, mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group, without direct participation of Nagorno Garabagh.

It should be noted that the presidential elections in Armenia are scheduled for January 19 of 2008, while the presidential elections in Azerbaijan will be held in October of 2008.

/Day.Az/