President of Armenia Serj Sarksian and President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev have agreed on expanding the OSCE monitoring group on the Line of Contact in Nagorno-Karabakh and on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border. This is what U.S. Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group James Warlick told RIA Novosti, reported Armradio.am.
“The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs are actively working towards the fulfillment of the obligations assumed by the Presidents during the Vienna and St. Petersburg meetings to reduce the tension, settle the conflict peacefully and further advance the process of negotiations. The Presidents have reached an agreement over the enlargement of the OSCE Monitoring Group along the entire length of the Line of Contact and on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border. It is envisaged to continue the extensive negotiations over the settlement of the conflict with the involvement of senior officials from both parties. Progress in the diplomatic direction is necessary to reduce tensions between the parties,” Warlick said.
Let us remind that the last meeting of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan was held in Saint Petersburg on June 20, 2016.
After the trilateral meeting of the Presidents of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan, Serj Sarksian, Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev issued a joint statement.