Euronest may deal with settlement of Karabakh and other conflicts

In the latest report of the Committee of Political Affairs of the Euronest PA issues related to regional security will be addressed, the co-chair of the Parliamentary Assembly, Kristian Vigenin, said on Wednesday at a press conference following the Baku session.

"Along with the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Transnistria (Moldova) and the Georgian conflicts will be considered. As a Parliamentary Assembly, we strive to build trust between the parties," he said.

Vigenin said that the OSCE Minsk Group has 20 years experience in the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and in his words, he does not believe that the conflict will not be solved for another 20 years.

"Azerbaijan and Armenia should help the Minsk Group to resolve the conflict," he said.

Noting that the Euronest PA is not authorized to make decisions on the settlement of regional conflicts, Vigenin said at the same time that in the future it's not excluded that separate reports of this structure will consider the issue of Karabakh conflict. He noted that at the Baku session of the Euronest PA a general agreement on the preparation of recommendations and suggestions related to the conflict was reached.

"We will also work out a form of evaluation of the implementation of these recommendations to determine how each parliament fulfills Euronest decisions," he said.

The second co-chair of the Euronest PA, Borys Tarasyuk, said at a press conference that Ukraine has always supported the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and supports an early and peaceful settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

The Euronest PA second session opened in Baku on Monday. Meetings of standing committees and a working group on Belarus, as well as the plenary session were held. Documents prepared by committees, together with supplements and amendments to be adopted as resolutions were discussed. The EU delegation and the national delegations of Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova and Armenia attended the Baku session.
The Euronest inter-parliamentary union includes Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.


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