OSCE: 'Status-quo is not settlement of Karabakh conflict'

The Status-quo is not the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier told journalists in Yerevan, APA reports.

He noted that the conflict can be also settled peacefully within the OSCE Minsk Group. He said that this approach was a main theme of his meetings in Baku and Yerevan. The Secretary General expressed his concern on the incidents occurred on the frontline and underlined the importance of removal of snipers and creation of investigative mechanism of the incidents.

Lamberto Zannier called the sides to refrain form the response reaction and stressed the importance of establishment of the relations between the civil societies, deputies and journalist of Azerbaijan and Armenia. According to him, it is needed to stimulate the dynamic of negotiations instead of the escalation of the conflict. He called the sides to prepare their societies to peace.


/APA/