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OSCE Chairman-in-Office Eamon Gilmore: “The OSCE can offer form to continue the dialogue between the sides of Nagorno Karabakh conflict”
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23:08 14-06-2012
OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Ireland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs & Trade Eamon Gilmore, who is on a visit to Azerbaijan, has met with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov.
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APA reports that the sides held a press conference following the meeting. They said that the Nagorno Karabakh conflict was the main theme of the discussion. The Azerbaijani Foreign Minister informed Eamon Gilmore about the standpoint of Azerbaijan on the settlement of the conflict.
“We came to a common conclusion at the meeting that the status quo is not acceptable and it needs to settle the conflict soon”, Mammadyarov said. They also discussed the fulfillment of Azerbaijan’s commitments before the OSCE.
Eamon Gilmore announced that during his visit to the region, he sent the same message to Baku and Yerevan for active continuation of the negotiations. He expressed concern on the incidents occurred on the frontline and called the sides not to use force. “I absolutely agree with the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister that the conflict must be settled peacefully. The OSCE can offer form to continue the dialogue between the sides.”
The OSCE Chairman-in-Office supported the Minsk Group’s efforts and called the sides to remove snipers form the contact line and investigate the incidents. He noted that Ireland has also faced such a conflict, that’s why it understands all threats of fragile status quo
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