ArmInfo. The CSTO Secretariat is concerned with the incoming information on the dynamics of developments on the Nakhijevan section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, which should not lead to a new round of escalation of the situation. This is stated in the statement of CSTO Secretary General Yury Khachaturov, made public on the organization's website.
"Reaffirming the importance of taking measures aimed at creating an atmosphere conducive to the search for peaceful settlement of issues, the CSTO Secretariat is convinced of the need for an exclusively peaceful solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh problem within the framework of the co-chairmanship of the OSCE Minsk Group, which is the only one, as confirmed by the statement of the heads of CSTO member states 2017, which has the relevant mandate of the international community structure, "- said in a statement.
It is also recalled that at the CSTO Foreign Ministers' Council meeting in Almaty on June 11, 2018, Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan informed his colleagues and the CSTO Secretary General about the fixed intensification of the redeployment of units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan along the border with the Republic of Armenia from Nakhchivan, and their nomination in the area of direct contact and engineering work.