German Foreign Minister calls to end hostilities, respect the ceasefire in Karabakh
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier expressed his concern over the renewal of the hostilities in Nagorno Karabakh and called on the sides to respect the ceasefire in full, Tass agency reports.
”I am very concerned about the military escalation along the Line of Contact in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone and about the casualties, including among civilians. I call upon the sides to end hostilities immediately and to respect the ceasefire in full.,” Steinmeier stated on Saturday in Berlin.
“There is no military solution to the conflict. The sides must now show the necessary political will to return to the negotiations in the framework of the Minsk Group. The Minsk Group Co-Chairs enjoy my full support in their task,” reads the statement.
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