Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents confirm their determination to settle Karabakh conflict by peaceful means
17.05.2016,
11:34
Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents, Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev confirmed their determination to settle Karabakh conflict by peaceful means, the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the U. S. Secretary of State John Kerry and French European Affairs Minister Harlem Désir said in their joint statement after they met with the presidents on Monday in Vienna.
YEREVAN, May 17. /ARKA/. Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents, Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev confirmed their determination to settle Karabakh conflict by peaceful means, the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the U. S. Secretary of State John Kerry and French European Affairs Minister Harlem Désir said in their joint statement after they met with the presidents on Monday in Vienna.
The representatives of the Co-Chair countries insisted upon the necessity to strictly implement the 1994 agreement on ceasefire and 1995 agreement on the consolidation of ceasefire.
It was agreed to take steps for the monitoring of their implementation, establishment of mechanisms to investigate the ceasefire violations, enforcement of the capabilities of the team of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, and a possible re-start of the negotiations for the resolution of the conflict.
The presidents arranged to continue the ICRC-brokered exchange of information about missing people, which was said yet in October 2014 at the Paris summit.
They also agreed to hold a meeting to resume negotiations. The place and the date of the meeting will be decided in June.
On April 2, 2016, Azerbaijan launched military assaults along the entire perimeter of its contact line with Nagorno Karabakh. Four days later a cease-fire was arranged. --0---
The representatives of the Co-Chair countries insisted upon the necessity to strictly implement the 1994 agreement on ceasefire and 1995 agreement on the consolidation of ceasefire.
It was agreed to take steps for the monitoring of their implementation, establishment of mechanisms to investigate the ceasefire violations, enforcement of the capabilities of the team of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, and a possible re-start of the negotiations for the resolution of the conflict.
The presidents arranged to continue the ICRC-brokered exchange of information about missing people, which was said yet in October 2014 at the Paris summit.
They also agreed to hold a meeting to resume negotiations. The place and the date of the meeting will be decided in June.
On April 2, 2016, Azerbaijan launched military assaults along the entire perimeter of its contact line with Nagorno Karabakh. Four days later a cease-fire was arranged. --0---
