Political settlement of Karabakh conflict within OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmanship is a priority, Armenian Foreign Minister says

YEREVAN, June 6. /ARKA/. A political settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmanship is a most important priority of Armenia, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said today during a joint session of parliamentary committees. 

"The most important priority of Armenia's foreign policy is to ensure the security of Armenia and Artsakh, a political settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmanship and its mandate," he said.

The Armenian Foreign Minister underlined that the same thesis is reflected in the daily work of the Armenian Foreign Ministry, in all the meetings between him and other officials of the ministry.

"The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmanship format is of particular importance to us," he said.
On September 27, 2020, Azerbaijani armed forces, backed by Turkey and foreign mercenaries and terrorists, attacked Nagorno-Karabakh along the entire front line using rocket and artillery weapons, heavy armored vehicles, military aircraft and prohibited types of weapons such as cluster bombs and  phosphorus weapons.

After 44 days of the war, on November 9, the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a statement on the cessation of all hostilities. According to the document, the town of Shushi, the districts of Agdam, Kelbajar and Lachin were handed over to Azerbaijan, with the exception of a 5-kilometer corridor connecting Karabakh with Armenia. 

A Russian peacekeeping contingent was deployed along the contact line in Karabakh and along the Lachin corridor.

Mirzoyan also said that the transport infrastructures to be unblocked in Armenia and Azerbaijan will operate under the sovereignty and legislation of the country through whose territory they pass.

This issue is being handled now by an Armenian-Russian-Azerbaijani working group, co-chaired by their deputy prime ministers. Their latest meeting was held in Moscow on June 3. The deputy prime ministers were said to have an exchange of views on the possible routes of the road to connect the western regions of Azerbaijan and the Autonomous Republic of Nakhijevan through the territory of Armenia. --0--