Armenian Foreign Minister, EU Envoy Discuss Implementation of Deal on Karabakh

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Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia Herbert Salber discussed on Friday the implementation of agreements on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict reached in Vienna and St. Petersburg.

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YEREVAN (Sputnik) – Nalbandian and Salber met on the sidelines of the 23rd Ministerial Council of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Hamburg, the Armenian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

The Armenian foreign minister pointed out the importance of implementing the reached agreements for promotion of the peace settlement of the conflict.

Salber noted that the peace settlement of the Karabakh conflict had no alternatives and expressed support for efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group.

Azerbaijan's Armenian-dominated breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh proclaimed its independence in 1991. After the military conflict ended in 1994, Azerbaijan lost control over the region. Violence erupted in Nagorno-Karabakh on April 2, 2016 and led to multiple casualties. The parties to the conflict signed a Russian-brokered ceasefire on April 5, but mutual accusations have not stopped so far.

On May 16, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev met in Vienna to discuss the conflict. The sides reiterated there could be no military solution to the conflict and reaffirmed their commitment to 1994 and 1995 peace agreements. The presidents also agreed to finalize the OSCE investigative mechanism as soon as possible to reduce the risk of further violence.

On June 20, the presidents of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia met in St. Petersburg where they reaffirmed their commitment to achieve steady progress in political settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and agreed to increase the number of OSCE monitors working in the conflict zone.

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