OSCE chairman-in-office satisfied with position of Nagorno-Karabakh's separatist leadership on Karabakh conflict

"I have just met with the political leadership of the so called "Nagorno Karabakh Republic" and I can state my satisfaction with that they adhere to the peaceful resolution of this conflict", Kanerva told reporters Tuesday following a meeting in Yerevan with the president of the so-called "Nagorno Karabakh Republic" Bako Saakyan.

He said OSCE has not only its special representative on the Karabakh conflict settlement. There is also a Minsk Group, small in number, but politically significant. "We attain definite results by means of these structures", the OSCE chairman-in-office said.

He noted that he has met with President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan, Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan, other officials and the problem of Nagorno Karabakh was one of the important issues on the agenda of these meetings.

"For me, as the OSCE chairman-in-office, it was important to visit Armenia and Azerbaijan and familiarize with the Nagorno Karabakh problem from one and the other side. Finland as a country, chairing in the OSCE, is striving for the constructive settlement of this problem", Kanerva noted.

He said OSCE is interested not only in the sonnest possible resolution of Nagorno-Karabakh problem, but also the assistance to democratic processes in the whole region of the South Caucasus.

"When the situation with presidential elections in Armenia turns to a past, we will have a good cause for growing optimism around the Karabakh problem", the OSCE chairman-in-office added.
/Novosti-Armenia/