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OSCE Chairperson-in-Office: â€œWe will support greater engagement by the Minsk Group to re-energize the political negotiationsâ€

21 January 2011 15:03 (UTC +04:00)

â€œI am concerned about the recent increase in the number of cease-fire violations. At the same time I welcome the recent (post-Astrakhan) exchange of human remains and detainees. I know that there are no easy solutions and the progress is slow. We will support greater engagement by the Minsk Group to re-energize the political negotiations over Nagorno-Karabakh,â€ he said.
According to OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Special Representative for Protracted Conflicts Giedrius Cekuolis will visit Armenia and Azerbaijan in February. He will open a dialogue with the parties and prepare AÅ¾ubalisâ€™ visit later in the spring.
â€œI will work closely with the Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, to encourage all OSCE participating States to fulfill the media freedom commitments they have undertaken. In June we will host a conference in Vilnius on safety of journalists. Being a journalist unfortunately remains dangerous in several parts of the OSCE region - we must change this,â€ the diplomat stressed.