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PACE President Says Upper Karabakh Dispute Should Be Resolved

30 June 2010 22:28 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. The president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) said, "the Upper Karabakh dispute should be resolved as soon as possible, APA reports quoting turkishny.com web-page.

Otherwise, it could led to undesired developments." Mevlut Cavusoglu, who is currently in Kazakhstan to attend the "High-level Conference on Tolerance and Non-discrimination" hosted by Kazakh chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), met with Kazakh Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev.
The Upper Karabakh dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia as well as recent developments in Kyrgyztan were high on agenda of the meeting.
"The dispute should be resolved as soon as possible. Otherwise, undesired developments could occur. Even Armenian authorities say that the dispute could lead to serious crisis in the region. Both OSCE and its Minsk Group should undertake a more active role to this end," he said.
"It is out of question to establish an inquiry commission for an investigation into the recent incidents in Kyrgyztan. We extend support to development of democratic policies in this country, but PACE is not able to send aid to Kyrgyztan for the time being," he added.
An interim government came to power in April 2010 in Kyrgyztan after anti-government protesters helped topple the president, whom the opposition accused of usurping power. More than 80 people were killed and hundreds of others were wounded in large-scale anti-government protests broke out around the country. The unrest prompted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev to flee Bishkek. A transitional government led by former foreign minister, Roza Otunbayeva, took power, dissolved parliament and said it would remain in office for six months. After four-days of ethnic rioting erupted in the southern city of Osh in June, the provisional government lost control of large areas in the southern part of the country and asked OSCE to send in an international police force. Meanwhile, Kyrgyz people approved a new constitution in June, setting the stage for the first parliamentary democracy in Central Asia.