Makunts: Armenia made a proposal, now it`s Azerbaijan`s turn 

ArmInfo.At this stage, it can be recorded that the public reaction to the proposal of the acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on the deployment of observers on the  Armenian- Azerbaijani border has already been voiced, at least at the  level of the OSCE MG co-chairs. The leader of the parliamentary  faction ''My Step'' Lilit Makunts shares this opinion.

On May 27, at a meeting of the Security Council of the republic in an  expanded composition, acting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan  proposed, in his words, the shortest path to de-escalation of the  border situation with Azerbaijan, namely, the armed units of the two  sides leave the border proportionally and return to their places of  permanent deployment. Then, international observers from the Russian  Federation or other co-chairing countries of the OSBE Minsk Group are  deployed along the border.

According to Makunts, the OSCE MG, the USA, Canada have already  reacted to Pashinyan's proposal, and many countries, including  Lithuania, have reacted to the very presence of the Azerbaijani Armed  Forces.  "Now it is Azerbaijan's turn to withdraw troops from the  territory of Armenia," she said on May 31 during a briefing in  parliament.

To note, the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Igor Popov (Russia),  Stephane Visconti (France) and Andrew Schofer (USA) on May 28 made a  statement in connection with the situation on the Armenian-  Azerbaijani border. According to the OSCE, the co-chairs take note of  the information on the detention of six Armenian soldiers on May 27  and call for the full release of all prisoners of war and other  detainees.  <Use of force or threat of force to resolve border  disputes is unacceptable. We call on both sides to take immediate  steps, including the redeployment of troops to de-escalate the  situation and begin negotiations on the delimitation and demarcation  of the border peacefully. The co-chairs are ready to assist this  process, "the statement reads.