Matthew Bryza: If Sargsyan-Aliyev meeting takes place, the presidents will try to make an agreement on some basic principles integral

The statement was made by US co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Matthew Bryza on 28 May in an interview to Liberty radio.

"The Presidents have attained a significant progress in Prague and I expect the same from the meeting in St. Petersburg. I hope that in the coming months the world will witness a breakthrough", said M. Bryza.

M. Bryza said that if the Sargsyan-Aliyev meeting takes place, the presidents will try make an agreement on some basic principles integral.

"Anyway, I hope they will find a common language both on the unsettled principles and the solution to some issues. Certainly, we do not expect to attain agreement on all main principles, but we hope that this process will take place step by step", said M. Bryza.

"The United States supports the view that the processes of settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and Armenian-Turkish relations are parallel though isolated issues. These processes proceed by different channels, but achieving success in one process will contribute to progress in another".

He said he can not answer the question about why the authorities of Armenia and Turkey do not make the contents of the Armenian-Turkish "road map" public: "This issue can be elaborated by the Armenian and Turkish sides".

M. Bryza added that it is incorrect to condemn Serzh Sargsyan for continuing negotiations with the Turkish side after statements by Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan that the opening of the Armenian-Turkish border depends on the solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: "Neither Armenia, nor Turkey have yet lost or gained anything unless the final agreement is signed".

/Novosti-Armenia/