The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group – Ambassador Yury Merzlyakov of Russia, Ambassador Bernard Fassier of France, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza of the United States – today issued the following statement:
According to APA that the terms of ceasefire are often violated and it results with the periodical losses. “Fifteen years ago large-scale hostilities ceased in Nagorno-Karabakh. Regrettably, as the terms are violated both sides suffer losses. We sincerely hope that a peace settlement, towards which the parties are now working, will allow new generations to grow up in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh without experiencing the horrors of war”.
The leaders at the time made a courageous and farsighted decision to instruct their military commanders to sign an agreement on an immediate ceasefire with no fixed term.
We express our hope that the present leaders will be able to overcome the complex causes and difficult consequences of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and create an atmosphere of security, trust, cooperation and fruitful communication between peoples in the region, allowing them to live in peace as good neighbors. We further hope the leaders will succeed, in cooperation with the Minsk Group Co-Chairs, in finalizing their Basic Principles for a peaceful settlement.”
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