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    APA, Azerbaijan
    July 24 2014


    OSCE MG Co-Chairs urge Azerbaijan and Armenia to commit themselves to
    avoiding causalities on line of contact

    [ 24 July 2014 10:36 ]

    Baku - APA. The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Igor
    Popov of the Russian Federation, James Warlick of the United States of
    America, and Pierre Andrieu of France) met separately with the Foreign
    Minister of Armenia, Mr. Edward Nalbandian, and the Foreign Minister
    of Azerbaijan, Mr. Elmar Mammadyarov, on July 22 in Brussels.

    The Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office,
    Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, also participated in the meetings.



    The Co-Chairs expressed their serious concern about the increase in
    tensions and violence, including the targeted killings of civilians,
    along the Line of Contact and the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, APA
    reports quoting the OSCE's website. They urged the parties to commit
    themselves to avoiding casualties and rejected the deliberate
    targeting of villages and the civilian population. They called on the
    Foreign Ministers to defuse tensions and adhere to the terms of the
    ceasefire.



    The Co-Chairs and Foreign Ministers also discussed possible agenda
    items for a presidential summit, underscoring the importance of a
    meeting between the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan for achieving
    progress in peace negotiations. They also discussed meetings which
    could take place in New York on the margins of the UN General
    Assembly.



    The Co-Chairs continue to review possible security confidence building
    measures and people-to-people programs with the parties. They believe
    that such programs build the trust and confidence necessary for a
    lasting peace.



    In Vienna, the Co-Chairs briefed the countries of the Minsk Group
    about the status of peace negotiations.

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