Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian met the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Ilkka Kanerva in Helsinki on May 3, Press Service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry stated.
Armenian Foreign Minister presented to the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly the consequences of aggressive actions unleashed by Azerbaijan against Nagorno Karabakh and the efforts of Armenia and the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs to overcome these consequences.
Edward Nalbandian brought Ilkka Kanerva’s attention to the gross violations of international humanitarian norms by the Azerbaijani armed forces. Armenian Minister added that Azerbaijan continues to ignore the calls by the international community to respect the ceasefire, violates 1994-1995 trilateral termless agreements on establishing and maintaining the ceasefire regime.
In this regard Ilkka Kanerva stated that the use of force is unacceptable and added that the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly fully supports the international mediation efforts by the Minsk Group Co-Chairs towards the peaceful settlement of the conflict through negotiations and the expansion of capabilities of the team of Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office.
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