Tweet
INTL MEDIATORS URGE KARABAKH CONFLICT SIDES TO SHOW RESTRAINT
Interfax
May 14 2012
Russia
The Co-Chairs of the Organization for Security and Co-operation
in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group mediating the Karabakh conflict are
concerned by the recent incidents on the line of contact between the
Armenian and Azeri forces.
"The Co-Chairs expressed their concern over recent incidents along
the frontlines, and urged the sides to exercise restraint and refrain
from retaliation," according to a statement posted on the OSCE website
by the OSCE MG co-chairs after their visit to Azerbaijan and Armenia.
The co-chairs welcome the sides' reaffirmation of their "commitment
to seek a peaceful settlement."
"The Co-Chairs continued their discussions with the sides on how to
implement the commitments made by Presidents Aliyev and Sargsian in
their January 23 joint statement in Sochi, including to 'accelerate'
reaching an agreement on the Basic Principles as a framework for a
comprehensive peace settlement, to work on the mechanism to investigate
ceasefire violations, and to develop humanitarian contacts," the
statement said.
"The Co-chairs also discussed with the sides the development
of confidence building measures" and the efforts "to strengthen
implementation of the 1994 ceasefire," the document said.
The Co-Chairs also discussed the importance of protecting the common
heritage of the peoples in the region.
"The Co-Chairs plan to continue discussions with the Foreign Ministers
of the two countries in the near future," the document said.
The OSCE MG Co-Chairs - Robert Bradtke (United States), Igor Popov
(Russia) and Jacques Faure (France) - and Personal Representative of
the OSCE Chairman-in-office Andrzej Kasprzyk visited Erevan and Baku
on May 11-14 to meet with Presidents Serzh Sargsian and Ilham Aliyev.
Interfax
May 14 2012
Russia
The Co-Chairs of the Organization for Security and Co-operation
in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group mediating the Karabakh conflict are
concerned by the recent incidents on the line of contact between the
Armenian and Azeri forces.
"The Co-Chairs expressed their concern over recent incidents along
the frontlines, and urged the sides to exercise restraint and refrain
from retaliation," according to a statement posted on the OSCE website
by the OSCE MG co-chairs after their visit to Azerbaijan and Armenia.
The co-chairs welcome the sides' reaffirmation of their "commitment
to seek a peaceful settlement."
"The Co-Chairs continued their discussions with the sides on how to
implement the commitments made by Presidents Aliyev and Sargsian in
their January 23 joint statement in Sochi, including to 'accelerate'
reaching an agreement on the Basic Principles as a framework for a
comprehensive peace settlement, to work on the mechanism to investigate
ceasefire violations, and to develop humanitarian contacts," the
statement said.
"The Co-chairs also discussed with the sides the development
of confidence building measures" and the efforts "to strengthen
implementation of the 1994 ceasefire," the document said.
The Co-Chairs also discussed the importance of protecting the common
heritage of the peoples in the region.
"The Co-Chairs plan to continue discussions with the Foreign Ministers
of the two countries in the near future," the document said.
The OSCE MG Co-Chairs - Robert Bradtke (United States), Igor Popov
(Russia) and Jacques Faure (France) - and Personal Representative of
the OSCE Chairman-in-office Andrzej Kasprzyk visited Erevan and Baku
on May 11-14 to meet with Presidents Serzh Sargsian and Ilham Aliyev.