Kazakhstan OSCE Government Orders Control in South Caucasus
Following the dispute in Georgia, the condition in South Caucasus has been controlled. However, there were still statements from Tbilisi and Moscow that needed handling, the Kazakhstan OSCE announced.
Kazakhstan, as the OSCE chairman, named the 10th series of Geneva meetings a critical stage in easing the existing conflicts in the region.
The Kazakhstan OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Special Representative, Bolat Nurgaliyev, said that a lack of communication between parties could result to more conflicts.
United Nations representative Antti Turunen and European Union representative Pierre Morel, who both led the talks, said that such domestic occurrences had to be resolved by means of the IPRM (incident prevention and response mechanism), which was developed on the 18th of February in 2009 in Geneva. Supplementary efforts had to be done in facilitating the IPRM activities.
The method’s second part has not earned any significant results since October of 2009, expressed Nurgaliyev, who arranged for the continuation of the IPRM in its entirety.
The Geneva discussions were conducted in two corresponding working parties focused on stability and security, as well as social concerns.
Bolat Nurgaliyev was committed to continue the talks on philanthropic efforts, gas supplies and the re-establishment of water supply networks.
Morel, Nurgaliyev and Turunen likewise conversed with partakers about the taking temporary actions to come to an agreement on the possible non-use of force.
Regarding the issue of non-use of force, the three agreed on laying down temporary actions in order to come up with an agreement.
Another meeting with the three leaders and the participants is scheduled in Geneva on June 8, 2010.

