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09STATE20169
2009-03-04 18:06:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Secretary of State
Cable title:
OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS
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UNCLAS STATE 020169
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM PREL ZJ AM AJ
SUBJECT: OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS
STATEMENT
UNCLAS STATE 020169
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM PREL ZJ AM AJ
SUBJECT: OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS
STATEMENT
1. Post is authorized to deliver the following statement at
the March 5, 2009 Permanent Council.
Begin text of statement:
Thank you, Madam Chairwoman.
On behalf of the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, France,
the Russian Federation and the United States, I have the
following statement to make:
The Minsk Group Co-Chairs condemn the shooting incident near
Goradiz along the Line of Contact on February 26, when shots
were fired during a monitoring mission carried out by the
Personal Representative of the Chair-in-Office Andrzej
Kasprzyk.
We call on the parties to adhere scrupulously to the
ceasefire and express our deep regret that over 30 people
died and 50 were wounded in 2008 as a result of ceasefire
violations.
We condemn in strongest terms the violation of the ceasefire
during the course of an OSCE monitoring mission, particularly
given that local commanders provided written security
guarantees to the OSCE monitoring mission just prior to their
monitoring activities on February 26.
We call for an explanation from the parties for how such an
egregious violation of the ceasefire could have taken place.
We regret that not all of the parties implemented the
recommendation made by the Minsk Group Co-Chairs at the
Ministerial Council meeting in Helsinki in December 2008 to
pull snipers back from the Line of Contact.
We express full support and admiration for the work of
Personal Representative Kasprzyk and his team, and underline
the importance of monitoring the Line of Contact as a
confidence building measure between the sides.
Thank you, Madam Chairwoman.
CLINTON
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM PREL ZJ AM AJ
SUBJECT: OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS
STATEMENT
1. Post is authorized to deliver the following statement at
the March 5, 2009 Permanent Council.
Begin text of statement:
Thank you, Madam Chairwoman.
On behalf of the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, France,
the Russian Federation and the United States, I have the
following statement to make:
The Minsk Group Co-Chairs condemn the shooting incident near
Goradiz along the Line of Contact on February 26, when shots
were fired during a monitoring mission carried out by the
Personal Representative of the Chair-in-Office Andrzej
Kasprzyk.
We call on the parties to adhere scrupulously to the
ceasefire and express our deep regret that over 30 people
died and 50 were wounded in 2008 as a result of ceasefire
violations.
We condemn in strongest terms the violation of the ceasefire
during the course of an OSCE monitoring mission, particularly
given that local commanders provided written security
guarantees to the OSCE monitoring mission just prior to their
monitoring activities on February 26.
We call for an explanation from the parties for how such an
egregious violation of the ceasefire could have taken place.
We regret that not all of the parties implemented the
recommendation made by the Minsk Group Co-Chairs at the
Ministerial Council meeting in Helsinki in December 2008 to
pull snipers back from the Line of Contact.
We express full support and admiration for the work of
Personal Representative Kasprzyk and his team, and underline
the importance of monitoring the Line of Contact as a
confidence building measure between the sides.
Thank you, Madam Chairwoman.
CLINTON