James Warlick: Presidents Hold the Keys to the Settlement of Karabakh Conflict

• 02.12.2016, 16:21
•  Near East,  World,  Armenia,  NKR

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The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs are going to submit proposals for reducing the border clashes on NKR-Azerbaijan and Armenia-Azerbaijan borders. This was declared by the OSCE MG Co-Chair James Warlick in a talk with "Armenpress."

"Our  aim is to discuss opportunities to move negotiations on a settlement forward. We will also raise proposals to reduce the risk of violence and possibilities to promote dialogue."

Referring to the dissatisfaction of the Azerbaijani side from the Minsk Group format, Warlick said:

"We do not object to a discussion of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in regional and international organizations, and we support Azerbaijan and Armenia’s right to raise the issue as the choose. The Co-Chairs wanted to emphasize that the Minsk Group remains the negotiation format accepted by the sides. We hope Armenia and Azerbaijan will remain fully committed to working closely with the Co-Chairs on a negotiated settlement... It is the Presidents who must demonstrate the political will necessary to bring about a settlement." According to him it is the Presidents who hold the keys to a settlement in their hands.