Tuesday, June 6 2017 13:07

ArmInfo. The idea of shifting any of co chairmen of OSCE MG on Karabakh settlement by EU is  unsuccessful and has no prospect both from legal,  and political point of view, NKR MFA ex-head, independent analyst Arman Meliqyan stated. 

"Even if official Washington will come out with such initiative, I do  not think, they  will insist on this issue in particular, given the  extreme vulnerability of the existing argument in favor of this  decision.  Apparently, Mr. Bryza does not remember that the US,  Russia and France are co-chairs of the  Minsk Group precisely because  of their membership in OSCE, which assumed the functions of  supporting  the settlement of the Azerbaijani-Artsakh conflict, "the  analyst said. 

Earlier, USA ex-Ambassador to Azerbaijani, ex-deputy General  Secretary of South Caucasus Mathew Bryza  voiced  the need to raise  the level of international cooperation on the settlement of the  Karabakh issue. In particular, he considers Karabakh as a problem on  which the US president could interact with Russia. The diplomat  believes that to achieve a breakthrough, the presidents of Russia and  the United States must participate in the process.

Meliqyan thinks that the supporters of the EU participation in the  Karabakh settlement should make this issue the topic of discussions,  first of all in the relevant structures of EU itself. And only after  their positive outcome it will be possible to apply with an  appropriately formulated proposal to the parties of  the conflict,  who are not EU members.