CiO Stubb expresses support to the work of Minsk Group Co-Chairmen

Press release 208/2008
9 June, 2008

Three Co-Chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group together with the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict met with Chairman-in-Office, Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb on Monday June 9th in Helsinki.

Ambassador Yuri Merzlyakov (Russian Federation), Ambassador Bernard Fassier (France) and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza (United States) with Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk briefed Minister Stubb on recent developments in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and on the meeting between the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan on 7 June in St. Petersburg in particular.

Minister Stubb expressed his full support to the work of the Minsk Group Co-Chairmen. "Conflict resolution in the OSCE area is a key priority of the Finnish Chairmanship. I encourage Armenia and Azerbaijan to make full use of the Minsk Group Co-Chairs' facilitation and seriously considere the proposal for the basic principles of resolving the conflict. There is no alternative to a peaceful resolution of the conflict", the Minister said.

Contacts: Ambassador Aleksi Härkönen, Finnish OSCE Chairmanship Task Force.  Mob. +358 400 330 406