ArmInfo. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres welcomed the agreement reached between the heads of Foreign Ministries of Armenia and Azerbaijan Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Elmar Mammadyarov at a meeting on January 16 in Paris under the auspices of the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group. The statement of the Secretary General was distributed by his official representative.
The statement, in particular, states that Guterres highly appreciates the continued commitment of the parties to finding an agreed and peaceful solution to the protracted Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and welcomes the agreement of diplomats on the need for concrete measures to prepare the population for peace.
In addition, Guterres reiterated the UN's full support for the important mediation efforts of the OSCE MG.