Armenian politician claims US mediator's pro-Azeri stance

The US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and the new co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group (MG), Matthew Bryza, has told the press that the mediators submitted a framework accord to the conflicting sides and outlined its key principles, but added that the latter have yet to accept it.

According to AssA-Irada, Armen Ashotian, who represents the Armenian Republican Party, said the first part of the statement did not cover determination of the Nagorno Karabakh's status and the issue concerning the Lachin and Kalbajar districts.

"There is a considerable difference between the statements of Bryza and those of other MG co-chairs," the MP said.

He went on to say that the United States binds great hopes with its new intermediary. He said international experience in the area of settling conflicts over Georgia's breakaway republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia enables a conclusion that "these hopes are not groundless."

Commenting on Bryza's position on other issues, Ashotian said the American mediator places a particular emphasis on launching dialogue between Armenia and Turkey after the Karabakh dispute is settled and normalizing relations between the two countries in the future.

/AzerNEWS/