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The Presidents of France and Russia have agreed to resume the efforts within the OSCE Minsk Group for achieving the stable settlement of the situation around the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, French Ambassador to Armenia Jonathan Lacôte said in response to the inquiry of Armenpress news agency, commenting on the telephone conversation held between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron.

The Ambassador has noted that concrete initiatives will launch on this direction in the nearest future,

“The President of the Republic held a phone talk on Monday, April 26, with Russian President Vladimir Putin. For the current situation in the Caucasus, President Macron highlighted the necessity of recording concrete progress on matters relating to captives, humanitarian situation and heritage preservation. The two Presidents agreed to resume the efforts within the Minsk Group for achieving the stable settlement of the situation. Concrete initiatives will launch on this direction in the nearest future,” the Ambassador said, as quoted by the source. 

Mr. Lacôte noted that the resumption of negotiations for the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is the priority task of the Co-Chairs, as it was stated in their April 13 statement.