Benita Ferrero-Waldner: "Azerbaijan and Armenia must settle the conflict once and forever"

"The discussion of ways of the Karabakh conflict resolution is on the agenda of our talks. Azerbaijan and Armenia must settle the conflict peacefully and once and forever", said EU commissioner on external ties and European Neighborhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner at a briefing following the meeting with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mamedyarov.

"All our hopes are bound to the upcoming meeting of the Presidents of the two countries. Anyway, we should find comprimises for settling this issue. Both sides should find correct variants of compromise", said she.

At the same time Waldner noted that the conflict resolution will create conditions for the prosperity of the whole region.

As for the role of the OSCE Minsk Group on the conflict resolution she noted that EU considers this format of the organization of the meetings of the presidents to be admissible.

"If a program of conflict resolution is developed in the framework of this format, we, in turn, will provide any assistance for its implementation. We will also assist in the restoration works and return of internally displaced people after the conflict resolution", said Waldner.

/Day.Az/