Artsakh people opposed the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group and hope for the creation of new mechanisms for conflict resolution: Shahramanyan
YEREVAN, September 2. /ARKA/. Artsakh people opposed the closure of the OSCE Minsk Group on the Karabakh settlement, said President of the Republic of Artsakh Samvel Shahramanyan.
"The forced displacement of Artsakh people from their homeland became possible under the conditions of the existence of the OSCE Minsk Group... Artsakh opposed the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group and has already expressed its position on this matter. This was the only mechanism created on international platforms to deal with the Artsakh issue and the conflict," he told reporters at the opening of the "Call of Artsakh" obelisk in Yerablur.
According to him, the Artsakh people hope for the creation of new mechanisms to take advantage of this opportunity.
On the closure of the OSCE MG
On September 1, 2025, it became known that the OSCE is officially closing the OSCE Minsk Group (on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, which has been in effect since the early 1990s) and the related structures following a joint application of Armenia and Azerbaijan. This decision of the Council of Ministers of the Organization was welcomed by the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen and the OSCE Secretary General Feridun Sinirlioglu.
It is planned that the OSCE will complete the procedures related to the completion of the Minsk process no later than December 1, 2025; only administrative functions, such as the transfer of property and equipment, will continue
The OSCE Minsk Group operated under the co-chairmanship of Russia, the United States and France; permanent members are Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Germany, Italy, Turkey, Finland, Sweden. The group's tasks were to ensure negotiations between Baku and Yerevan, help them conclude a peace agreement, and then deploy OSCE peacekeeping forces in the region. The last joint statement of the co-chairs was dated December 7, 2021. Since 2022, the group has been de facto inactive.
