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Grigol Vashadze: â€œIf Georgiaâ€™s participation, mediation or any other help is demanded for the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict, we are readyâ€

26 October 2011 13:00 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Victoria Dementieva â€“ APA. â€œIt is necessary to save any format of negotiations. Any negotiation is better than open or frozen conflictâ€, Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze said commenting on the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict, APA reports. He showed still ineffective Georgian-Russian negotiations in Geneva, which have been held since 2009, as an example. â€œThese negotiations are in the level what they had in 2009. Russia refuses to recognize itself as a conflicting party, to fulfill ceasefire agreement, to discuss the issues of stability and security in Georgia, to create conditions for returning refugees to their home. Despite that Georgia will do its best to save the Geneva format of the negotiations. I consider that it also concerns the negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan mediated by the Minsk Groupâ€.

Vashadze said that if it is necessary Georgia can offer its help and mediation in the conflict solution. â€œSouth Caucasus is an integrated organism and it can not be divided. All of the three independent countries must understand that we are all in the same boat and our sovereignties are tied unbreakably. If Georgiaâ€™s participation, mediation or any other help is demanded for the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict, we are readyâ€.

Minister said any solution must be based on the basic principles of the international law.