The permanent mission of Azerbaijan to the OSCE has issued a statement, according to which the negotiating process conducted by the Minsk Group to address the crisis around the Nagorno-Karabakh does not work, because any initiative blocked the unwillingness of the Armenian side to carry them out.
"The Minsk process yielded no result, the Minsk Group is unable to end this conflict. Moreover, we observe attempts to freeze the conflict. Our appeals to the mediating countries and Minsk Group members to persuade Armenia to take at least very small steps to advance the negotiating process lacks the support of OSCE participating states. Such an indifferent attitude demonstrated by the OSCE Minsk Group creates an impression that the OSCE is satisfied with the current status quo on the occupied territories," the statement says.
The permanent mission of Azerbaijan to the OSCE noted that "the Armenian president openly challenges the territorial integrity and internationally recognized sovereignty of Azerbaijan, and through such actions violates the fundamental principles of the Helsinki Final Act and relevant resolutions of the United Nations Security Council."
In addition, the Azerbaijani side emphasized that the withdrawal of snipers or deployment of OSCE monitors along the line of confrontation in the absence of a withdrawal of the Armenian troops cannot be considered, because the Armenian armed forces are present on the occupied territories of Nagorno-Karabakh, Trend reports.
