ArmInfo.EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, Federica Mogherini and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov discussed the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in Brussels.
Mogherini herself said this at a press conference following the meeting of the Azerbaijan-Europe Cooperation Council in Brussels, expressing full support for the activities of the OSCE Minsk Group co- chairs.
The EU representative expressed her conviction that everyone will benefit from a lasting peace that will be established as a result of the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. "Another of our priorities that we discussed at length today is the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno- Karabakh conflict. Just last week, we witnessed a positive meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs. This, combined with the Paris Agreement in January that Foreign Ministers reached, increased communications at high level, and a significant decrease in ceasefire violations, give us some hope that the process can move forward and that both countries would follow up on their commitments and enter into negotiations without pre-conditions.
However, Mogherini noted "The European Union will continue to fully support the mediation efforts and proposals of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe's Minsk Group Co-Chairs, including through our [EU] Special Representative [for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia], as well as some confidence-building measures. All would stand to benefit from lasting peace - not only Azerbaijani and Armenian citizens, but also beyond -, because lasting peace would help to enable the entire region to fulfil its potential."