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Co-Chairs to the OSCE Minsk Group – Ambassador Yury Merzlyakov of Russia, Ambassador Bernard Fassier of France, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza of the United States – have made a statement on the 15th anniversary of the ceasefire between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
The statement says: “Fifteen years ago large-scale hostilities ceased in Nagorno-Karabakh which had become the most violent conflict in the territory of the former Soviet Union. Unfortunately, this ceasefire has been imperfect which causes human victims along the front lines every year. We sincerely hope that a peace settlement, towards which the parties are working now, will allow new generations to grow up in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh without experiencing the horrors of war.”
“Until then, we call on the parties to implement the provisions of the ceasefire, the “Proposals on strengthening the ceasefire in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict” approved in 1995, as well as the Co-Chairs` proposals made at the 2008 Helsinki Ministerial Conference to pull back snipers from the front lines,” the Co-chairs said.
“We express our hope that the present leaders will be able to overcome the complex reasons and difficult consequences of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and create atmosphere of security, trust, cooperation and fruitful communication between the peoples in the region allowing them to live in peace as good neighbors. We further hope the leaders will succeed, in cooperation with the Minsk Group Co-Chairs and in finalizing their Basic Principles for a peaceful settlement.”
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