MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRMEN CONSIDER SETTLEMENT OF THE KARABAKH CONFLICT IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT TAKING THE REALITY INTO ACCOUNT

PanARMENIAN.Net - . The principles on which the Karabakh settlement will be based should proceed from the present reality. President of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Arkady Ghukasian stated this at the meeting with OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmen. As reported by "Arka" agency, the President of NKR has confirmed the readiness of Karabakh authorities to constructive work. In Ghukasian's words, in spite of some change in the dynamics of the negotiations, the Karabakh party is sure that they will be continued. According to a press release spread by the President of NKR Public Relations Office, the Co-Chairmen noted that it was impossible not to consider the present reality while developing an effective mode of settling the conflict. At the same time the Co-Chairmen have expressed disturbance in connection with becoming more frequent in Azerbaijan calls for resumption of military actions. They stressed that "the OSCE Co-Chairmen countries are unambiguously against the attempts to settle the Karabakh conflict in military ways".

After the meetings with the heads of Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense, the Co-Chairmen will take part in monitoring the contiguity line between the armed forces of Nagorny Karabakh and Azerbaijan, will cross it and go to Baku on the shortest route.