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The OSCE Minsk Group co-chair (USA) Matthew Bryza has clarified the Co-Chairs’ February 19 statement.
“The February 19 statement speaks for itself.
We want the parties to understand that however they interpret the subject reports that were circulated in New York, the Minsk Group peace process can, should, and will continue, at least as far as the Co-Chairs are concerned,” Matthew Bryza told APA in an interview.
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Bernard Fassier of France, Yury Merzlyakov of Russia, and Matthew Bryza of the United States, released a statement on February 19 in relation to the two reports circulated at the request of the Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan to the United Nations, Agshin Mehdiyev.
In the letter dated December 24, 2008, Agshin Mehdiyev requested the circulation of the letter as a UN Assembly and Security Council document on the UN General Assembly session agenda item 13 (Protracted conflicts in the GUAM area and their implications for international peace, security and development) and item 18 (on the situation in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan).
In the report, Agshin Mehdiyev addressed two questions to the United Nations on behalf of the Government of Azerbaijan.
– Did the Republic of Armenia make a military offensive onto Nagorno Karabakh and adjacent regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan?
– Can the Republic of Azerbaijan use the inherent right of self-defense from the Republic of Armenia in accordance with Article 51 of the UN Charter?
Besides, his letter dated December 29, 2008 reflects a report and a appendix on the Basic Territorial Integrity Norms of States and Rights to Self-Determination in Light of Armenian Revisionist Claims.
The documents were posted on the UN website.
