OSCE Minsk Group on Nagorno-Karabakh to be finally liquidated by  December 2025 - Russian Permanent Representative

ArmInfo.  Russia supports the joint decision of Azerbaijan and Armenia to dissolve the Minsk Group of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which has been involved in resolving the conflict in Karabakh, as stated to RBC by Alexander Lukashevich, Russia's Permanent  Representative to the OSCE, specifying that the Group is expected to  be finally liquidated by December 2025.

According to him, this concerns the termination of the work of three  institutions - the Minsk Group, the position of the Personal  Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, and High-Level  Planning Group.  "Considering the parties position on the  inexpediency of preserving them, we see no grounds for preventing  their dissolution," the diplomat said.

According to Lukashevich, the procedure for dissolving the Minsk  Group is as follows: the OSCE Permanent Council (the main  decision-making body for political consultations) recommended the  members of the organization "tacitly consent" to approve the  ministerial decision on this matter. If no objections are raised to  the dissolution of the group by September 1, the decision will be  considered adopted. "It is necessary to take into account that the  implementation of administrative and financial measures related to  this decision will take several months. The OSCE expects to complete  them by December of this year.  After that all three structures that  were responsible for facilitating the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement  should cease to exist," the Russian permanent representative said.