WORKING TOWARDS A EUROPE WHOLE AND FREE AND AT PEACE
- My visit to Armenia as OSCE Chairperson-in-Office comes at a time of formidable challenges and great opportunities for our common Organization. Just this past weekend the foreign ministers of the OSCE, including my counterpart Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan, met on the initiative of Greece on the island of Corfu to address the present and future of European security.
This informal meeting was an important opportunity for us to deepen our dialogue on our common concerns, and craft more effective responses to the security challenges of 21st century Europe. We must continue to build on this momentum.
Protracted conflicts continue to cast a shadow over our region, a fact of which you are all too aware. But here too we have seen progress. Before they came to Corfu Minister Nalbandyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyrov and the Minsk Group Co-Chairs met in Paris. This meeting follows five meetings between President Serzh Sargsyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev just this year.
I am encouraged by the latest developments in the negotiation process, and the constructive discussions that have taken place. There is a positive momentum in the discussions, which is vital to build upon. I fully support the mediation efforts of the Minsk Group Co-Chairs, as well as the confidence-building work of my Personal Representative Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk. But incidents on the ground remain a concern, and I urge both sides to fully implement the ceasefire agreement and to withdraw snipers from the line of contact, as proposed by the Co-Chairs.
I am also encouraged by the high level of co-operation between the OSCE Office in Yerevan and Armenia in a range of activities, including its long-standing cooperation with the Armenian police, measures to mitigate the impact of the financial crisis, and supporting the office of the Human Rights Defender.
It is encouraging that the Parliament has initiated reform of election legislation, which remains a priority. The OSCE and its Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights stand ready to support Armenia in further improving election procedures. The OSCE and Armenia should also continue to work together to support freedom of the media and freedom of peaceful assembly. Open dialogue, a robust civil society and a free press are critical to the democratic process, and represent key commitments that we as OSCE participating States have signed up to.
Armenia plays a critical role in helping to promote security and stability in the South Caucasus and the whole OSCE area. In this context, I welcome the efforts of the Armenian government to normalize bilateral relations with Turkey.
As was clear from our discussions in Corfu, we have made progress towards building a "Europe whole and free and at peace" but much work remains to be done, and new security challenges will test our commitment to indivisible security. I look forward to continuing the dialogue we began so fruitfully in Corfu on this visit.
- Dora Bakoyannis, Foreign Minister of Greece, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in 2009
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- 1841 The London Convention deals with policies of the Black Sea channels. The Dardanelles and the Bosporus were proclaimed closed to all states, including Russian ships.
- 1847 Birth of the German armenologist Heinrich Helzer in Berlin (Germany). He died in 1906.
- 1861 Chilinkirian and Haykuni edit the "Flower" review in Smyrna. It is transferred, in 1865, to Constantinople.
- 1882 The "Byoorakn" periodical is published in Constantinople.
- 1918 The First Armenian Assembly of Artsakh declares the region self-governing and creates a National Council and Government.
- 1936 Hovhannes Abelyan (painter) dies in Yerevan. He was born in 1865.
- 1959 Creation of the Armenian Documentary and Color Film Studio in Yerevan.
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