Cavusoglu criticizes OSCE decision to send needs assessment mission  to Armenia

ArmInfo. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu criticized the OSCE decision to send a needs assessment mission to Armenia.

Speaking on Friday in Mersin province, the head of Turkish diplomacy  assured that the OSCE positions itself as a "center of insoluble  problems", and the latest decision on Armenia "contradicts the  requirements and mandate of the organization itself."

"An attempt to impose one's position and the formation of a status  quo is unacceptable," Cavusoglu stressed.  In this vein, he  traditionally started the old song about the ineffectiveness of the  mediation efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group, which is mandated to  resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. "For many years, they only  dragged out the process. And today, by sending a mission or  observers, they try to ignore Azerbaijan's position. There is a  desire to support Armenia," Cavusoglu stressed.

According to him, there is no special sincerity in the EU either.  "The European Union does not comply with the terms of the  agreements," the Turkish minister stated, who, however, did not  reveal the brackets about which agreements they are talking about.

At the same time, Cavusoglu noted that any positive development in  the dialogue between Baku and Yerevan has a positive impact on the  negotiations between Turkey and Armenia. "Europe itself will  ultimately benefit the most," he said, Anadolu reports.

As ArmInfo previously reported, at the invitation of the Government  of the Republic of Armenia, the OSCE will send a needs assessment  team to the country, which will be in the country from October 21-27.

The purpose of the visit is to assess the situation in some border  areas on the basis of the mandate and experience of the OSCE within  its comprehensive security concept.

The technical team composed of international experts and  representatives of the OSCE Secretariat will visit areas along the  Armenian-Azerbaijani border and hold on-site consultations with  relevant national and local parties, as well as international  partners.