Nalbandian noted that the arrangements of the Karabakh conflict parties are those publicized in the trilateral statement. He said this statement did not become five-sided, since Azerbaijan refused to join it.
Warlick also said Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian will meet the OSCE MG co-chairs on June 2 in Paris.
The latest escalation in April showed the central role that Russia plays in the Nagorno Karabakh dispute, as can be seen in Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev’s visit to Armenia and Azerbaijan shortly after the escalation, and Moscow’s substantial security ties with both countries. Russia is likely to remain a primary player in the Karabakh conflict, both in political and military terms.
“Armenia’s authorities and citizens should make decisions. However, I consider, there is perception in Armenia, that Armenia-Russia strategic relations are on the right way. “
“The Azerbaijani side should, first of all, answer for crime similar to war, terror organizations,” Seyran Ohanyan, RA Minister of Defense, told.
“The meeting of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan held last week in Vienna was a productive one with the concrete agreements and commitments, including unconditional implementation of 1994-1995 cease-fire agreements, creation of investigation mechanism, and enhance the capacities of the office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office.”
Overnight May 20-21 the situation remained the same along the entire length of the ArmenianAzerbaijani state border. The Azerbaijani side fired sporadic irregular shots from various caliber weapons in the northeastern direction of the border. The Armenian Armed Forces control the border situation and confidently carry out their tasks.
Last month’s deadly skirmishes along the line of conflict in Karabakh (April 2–5), the so-called “four-day war,” highlighted the need for a reinvigorated international mediation effort.
“If the agreements reached in Vienna will be implemented in the nearest future, in particular, when the investigative mechanisms of the incidents will be installed in the line of contact, guarantees will be created that Azerbaijan will maintain the ceasefire, the OSCE Representative’s group will expand, the violations will be recorded, only in that case we can speak about the new round”, he said this during the briefing.
“We should do everything to make it reality, and then the next step will be the recognition issue which is also important. I think that today the recognition of the Nagrno Karabakh is connected with a great risk. However, we do not have a right to refuse from it”.
