Ambassador: NagornoKarabakh conflict remains on U.S. agenda
Resolution of the conflicts in the OSCE area, in particular the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is one of the main issues on the agenda of the U.S. for many years.
U.S. Ambassador to the OSCE Daniel Baer made the remark while answering a question during an online press conference in Brussels, Trend reported.
Baer said that the U.S. and other OSCE Minsk Group members intend to discuss a peaceful solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict during the meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Hamburg.
“We will talk about the unacceptability of the status quo in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,” the diplomat said.
Meeting of the OSCE countries Foreign Ministerial Council will take place in Hamburg on December 8- 9. Azerbaijan`s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov will attend the event.
Earlier, the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia were expected to hold a meeting in the 3+2 format (three co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group and Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers) on the sidelines of the OSCE Ministerial Council.
However, Armenia hasn’t confirmed its consent yet for the 3+2 format meeting, while Baku has voiced its readiness to any contacts with Armenia, in any format.
The ambassador further added that the U.S. is closely watching the developments around the NagornoKarabakh conflict.
“Secretary of State John Kerry was directly involved in the conflict resolution, meetings were held in Vienna and St. Petersburg. We, together with our colleagues from Russia, will continue to work towards a peaceful solution to the conflict,” said Bayer.
Azerbaijan and Armenia for over two decades have been locked in conflict, which emerged over Armenian territorial claims. Since the 1990s war, Armenian armed forces have occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territory, including NagornoKarabakh and seven adjacent regions. The UN Security Council has adopted four resolutions on Armenian withdrawal, but they have not been enforced to this day.