Armenian FM receives OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs
On February 17, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian received the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs, Ambassadors Igor Popov, James Warlick, Pierre Andrieu, and Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, the press service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry reports.
Discussions on the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process continued during the meeting.
Minister Nalbandian drew the attention of the Co-Chairs to the fact that after the statements by the Co-Chairs’ of January 27 and by the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs of February 7, by overtly ignoring them, Baku continued the gross violations of the ceasefire regime, provocations and unacceptable rhetoric, as pointed out by the Co-Chairs.
Referring to Baku’s obsession with wishful drafting of the peace agreement, the Foreign Minister stressed that in reality the Azerbaijani leadership is pursuing an aim to ruin the results of the negotiation process of several years on the Basic Principles of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement. Baku is attempting to use the fact of the unresolved conflict, due to the Azerbaijani stance, tо justify the flagrant violations of human rights and repressions against activists within the country.
“As soon as an agreement is reached on the Basic Principles, and Nagorno-Karabakh approves it, then it will be possible to start negotiations between Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia to draft a comprehensive peace agreement,” said Minister Nalbandian.
Referring to Baku’s attempts to present the Azerbaijani saboteurs, convicted by the court of Nagorno-Karabakh, as “strayed innocent lambs,” Minister Nalbandian noted that those attempts are groundless.
“Their crimes are documented and proven, including the kidnapping of 17-year-old boy, torture and brutal murder,” underlined the Armenian FM.
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