May 8, 2013 - 18:27 AMT
Ukraine backs OSCE Minsk Group efforts for Karabakh settlement

Progress in finding sustainable and long-term solutions to the protracted conflicts in the OSCE area top the Ukrainian Chairmanship agenda, OSCE chair, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara said.

As Kozhara stated at a UN Security Council sitting, Ukraine is determined to contribute to the Transnistrian settlement process, as well as to resolve security and humanitarian issues in the area of conflict in Georgia and to find a peaceful solution to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.

He further expressed support for the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group of Co-Chairs in assisting the parties to find a peaceful solution to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, UN official website reported.