OSCE MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS RECOMMEND EXPEDITING NEGOTIATIONS ON POLITICAL SETTLEMENT OF KARABAKH CONFLICT

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group on Nagorno Karabakh conflict recommend expediting the negotiations on the political settlement of the conflict, the joint statement issued this Thursday in Vienna and addressed to the OSCE Permanent Council regarding the outcomes of the fact-finding mission on settling the territories bordering with Nagorno Karabakh, says, IA Regnum reported. "The Co-Chairs call not to encourage any settlement of the seized territories, expedite the negotiations on the political settlement in order to consider the problem of the migrants and not to allow changes in the demographic structure of the region", the statement runs. "To make the return of the forced migrants possible the Co-Chairs call the appropriate international organizations to assess material and financial needs in the region. In order to preserve cultural heritage in the regions suffered from the conflict the Co-Chairs earnestly call conflicting parties to work out practical measures to consolidate trust with the corresponding communities thus forming a basis for peaceful settlement", the mediators note. "Taking into account the consequences of the present situation for the further settlement of the Karabakh conflict the Co-Chairs reserve to themselves the possibility of further examination in favor of the Minsk peaceful process including the fulfillment of the above-mentioned recommendations", the statement says. The Co-Chairs also expressed gratitude to the governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan as well as the Nagorno Karabakh leadership for cooperation with the missionaries.