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Azerbaijan refused to join statement of OSCE MG Co-Chair countries in Vienna – Armenian FM

Azerbaijan refused to join statement of OSCE MG Co-Chair countries in Vienna – Armenian FM

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 13, ARMENPRESS. The peaceful resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is among the highest priorities on the Armenian foreign policy agenda, foreign minister Edward Nalbandian said while delivering speech at the Greek foreign ministry, Armenpress reports.

The minister said in the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council, on December 6th in Vienna he had a meeting with his Azerbaijani colleague, and according to him, the meeting generally passed in a positive atmosphere.

“However, after the meeting I said that we have to see how the situation will develop. Why? Because, the last Summit of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Geneva this October also passed generally in a positive mood, however, just after it Azerbaijan again returned to its usual groundless accusations and warmongering. Last week at the OSCE Ministerial Council I made a detailed speech on the settlement process. The heads of the delegations of the mediator countries Russia, France and the USA, the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, issued a statement on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict resolution. Armenia was ready to join them, however, Azerbaijan rejected and, as a result, we did not manage to have a joint statement of Armenia, Azerbaijan and the Co-Chair countries. This situation has continuously repeated during the OSCE Ministerial Councils. A question raises: how it would be possible to reduce tensions if Azerbaijan rejects to confirm its commitment to the 1994-1995 ceasefire agreements? How it would be possible to reduce tensions if Azerbaijan rejects to implement the establishment of the mechanism for the investigation of ceasefire violation?”, Nalbandian noted.

The FM stated that Azerbaijan pretends as if the agreements reached during the previous Summits are preconditions put forward by the Armenian side. Armenia has not used preconditions, but that does not mean that the reached agreements should not be implemented. The Co-Chairs’ statement at the Ministerial Councils in Hamburg and Vienna proved that the Azerbaijani attempts to reject the implementation of the agreements reached at the Vienna and St. Petersburg Summits are doomed to failure. The pattern of refusal by Azerbaijan to honor prior agreements seriously questions Baku’s credibility as a negotiating partner.

“I would like to once again reiterate Armenia’s firm commitment to the exclusively peaceful settlement of the conflict based on the proposals of the Co-Chairs. There is no alternative to the negotiation process. It is evident that what has been proposed by the Co-Chairs and supported by Armenia has been rejected by Azerbaijan and this is the main reason that hinders the advancement of the peace process”, the Armenian FM stated.

An agreement was reached by the initiative of the Co-Chairs to organize a meeting between the Ministers of Foreign Affairs in the second part of January. Nalbandian added that Armenia as always is going to such kind of meeting with the constructive approach.

According to Nalbandian, if Baku abides to the calls of the Co-Chairs to strictly respect the ceasefire, implements previously reached agreements, reiterates its adherence to the principles of the conflict resolution proposed by the Co-Chairs and constructively engages in the negotiations that will pave the way to move the peace process forward and change the status-quo.

 




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