CSTO Secretary General ruled out a military solution to the Nagorno Karabakh issue, stressing negotiations as the only way to settle the conflict.

“Past and recent events in South Caucasus suggest it’s very easy to start a war in this region, with the establishment of peace proving to be a hard task,” Nikolai Bordyuzha told a news conference in Yerevan, reminding about armed clashes in a number of post-Soviet countries in the 1990s.

“Some politicians are forgetting about those sad experiences,” CSTO chief said, referring to Azeri President’s bellicose speech at a Baku military parade.

In conclusion, Bordyuzha pointed out the OSCE Minsk Group as the only acceptable mediator in the conflict settlement talks.