Ambassador: EU does not intend to join OSCE Minsk Group's activity on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

The EU fully supports the OSCE Minsk Group's activit y to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the principles of its activity, the head of the EU delegation in Azerbaijan Roland Kobia said at a press - conference in Baku. He commented on the proposal of intensifying the settlement of the conflict marked in the EU's new report.

The European Union is ready to enhance EU involvement in solving protracted conflicts , the report " Renewed European Neighborhood Policy", presented on May 25, said.

The EU must be ready to step up its involvement in formats where it is not yet represented, e.g. the OSCEMinsk Group on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the report said.

"The EU has been never invited to join the OSCE Minsk Group, but we want to be helpful and do everything we can outside the group," the ambassador said.

Talking about the positive aspects of cooperation between Azerbaijan and the EU, Kobia said that the negotiations for peaceful settlement of the conflict are being held at a high level. It allowed exchanging the prisoners and making a joint declaration by the parties of the conflict at the summit in Astana.


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