The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis urges to enable mechanisms for investigation of incidents to alleviate tensions in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone.

As a PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent reported from the ground, in his opening remarks at the 18th OSCE ministerial council in Vilnius, Mr. Ažubalis reminded that an agreement to investigate the incidents was achieved during the meeting between the Armenian, Azerbaijani and Russian Presidents in Sochi on March 5, 2011.

Serzh Sargsyan, Dmitry Medvedev and Ilham Aliyev adopted a joint statement saying that “the Presidents considered matters of practical implementation of the trilateral statement adopted during the October 27, 2010, meeting in Astrakhan. Specifically, the Presidents agreed to finalize the swap of POWs as soon as possible.”

The document stresses the parties’ willingness “to solve all disputable matters peacefully and conduct investigation of possible incidents along the ceasefire line under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group through the assistance of Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office.”

“The Presidents stressed the importance of their regular contacts on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement and agreed to continue them in such format in addition to the activity of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmen,” the statement says.