Ararat Mirzoyan and US Assistant Secretary of State attached  importance to peaceful settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict within  mandate of  OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs

ArmInfo. Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried noted the need to fully  restore work in the format of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs. The  parties announced this during a telephone conversation.

In this context, the interlocutors stressed the importance of a  peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict under the  mandate of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs. The parties also referred  to the humanitarian issues that require urgent solution.

It is reported that Minister Mirzoyan attached importance to the  statement by the US State Department's Bureau of European and  Eurasian Affairs on the release of prisoners of war, clarification of  the fate of the missing persons, exchange of remains.

The minister also reported on violations of the ceasefire regime in  recent days by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces and noted in this vein  the need to take steps to defuse the situation.

The parties touched upon the process of restoring the dialogue  between Armenia and Turkey, the position of Armenia regarding the  current situation in Kazakhstan and other issues on regional and  international security.

Mirzoyan and Donfried congratulated each other on the 30th  anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the  two countries and expressed satisfaction with the dynamics of the  development of the Armenian-American dialogue based on common values:  democracy, rule of law, protection of human rights