The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict can be resolved only peacefully, a spokesman for the Belarusian Foreign Ministry, Dmitry Mironchik, said.
The OSCE Minsk Group will hold a meeting on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict’s settlement tomorrow.
Mironchik recalled that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs made a statement on April 2 on the aggravation of the situation around Azerbaijan’s occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region.
“There is still confidence that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict can be resolved only by peaceful means and in accordance with universally recognized principles and the norms of international law,” Trend cited him as saying.
Recall, on the night of April 2 all frontier positions of Azerbaijan were exposed to heavy fire from large-caliber weapons, mortars, grenade launchers and guns. In addition, Azerbaijani settlements near the front line, densely populated by civilians, were shelled.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20% of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
The two countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the US are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the UN Security Council's four resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.
