OSCE Chairmanship-in-Office to discuss Nagorno Karabakh issue with Lavrov

OSCE Chairmanship-inOffice, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria Sebastian Kurz will discuss Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement with the Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov in Moscow, official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova told in a briefing.

“Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria will meet with Russian Foreign Minister on January 18. Russian-Austrian bilateral relations will be discussed at the meeting. Since Sebastian Kurz also holds the position of the OSCE Chairmanship-in-Office, a reference will be made also to the cooperation in the sidelines of that organization. It is also planned that issues over existing conflicts in the OSCE zone will be addressed, including Nagorno Karabakh conflict and the situation in Ukraine,” Zakharova said.

Zakharova also answered the question of an Azerbaijani reporter about the return of the corpse of the Azerbaijani diversionist eliminated on December 29 in Armenia’s Tavush Province as a result of an attempt of a subversive penetration by the Azerbaijani side.

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry stressed that the two countries have to find any diplomatic channels and have the will to overcome the extremely complicated situations. She noted that everyone knows how complicated the situation is, but the key to the solution is in the hands of the conflicting sides.