ArmInfo.Russia, as a co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, will continue mediating efforts to find a solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh problem, said Russian Permanent Representative to the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich, speaking at an extraordinary meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council.
"Russia, as a member of the Minsk Group troika, in close cooperation with the United States and France, will continue mediation efforts to assist the parties in developing a mutually acceptable consensus basis for resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh problem," Lukashevich said at the meeting. "The effectiveness of the mediation assistance of the" troika "of the Minsk Group co-chairs depends, first of all, on the parties to the conflict themselves, on their political will necessary to achieve a settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict at the negotiating table. The role of the UN co-chairs and their practices can only further complicate the complex settlement processes, "the permanent representative added.
He added that Russia considers it necessary to immediately and completely cease fire and stabilize the situation in the zone of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. "We consider it necessary to immediately and completely cease fire and stabilize the situation in the zone of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the parties to the conflict show maximum restraint. The ceasefire must be restored and unconditionally observed in the future," Lukashevich said at the meeting, RIA Novosti reported