25 March 2004, 10:12
Azerbaijan president critical of OSCE Minsk Group
Azerbaijan President Ilkham Aliyev has criticized the Minsk Group of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) for its role in trying to settle the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict over the past 12 years.
"I cannot give a positive assessment since the OSCE Minsk Group has not taken any really effective steps over this period," Mr Aliyev said to journalists on March 24.
"The Minsk Group's current approach and its position on settling this conflict cannot play a positive role since the group has restricted itself to merely monitoring the situation in Nagorny Karabakh," he said.
Source: Interfax News Agency
