The Azerbaijani side is always trying to make it look that no arrangement has been reached on any issue related to the introduction of investigation mechanisms and expansion of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzy’s office
Foreign Minster of Armenia Edward Nalbandian said the aforementioned at a briefing after the 23rd OSCE Ministerial Council meeting held in Hamburg, Germany on Friday.
To the observation that Russian FM Sergey Lavrov noted that there is an argument on where Kasprzy’s expanded team will be allocated in case of its expansion, and that Russia is for their being on the Contact Line, Nalbandian noted: “The Azerbaijani side is always trying to make it look that no arrangement has been reached on any issue related to the introduction of investigation mechanisms and expansion of Kasprzy’s office, and they continue insisting on that. But the [OSCE Minsk Group] Co-Chairs not only mentioned the agreement reached but also noted it is necessary to record progress in regard to the arrangement to create an investigation mechanism. They also noted that it is necessary to remove the obstacles aimed at the expansion of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office’s team. Of course, nothing will change if we add their number by a few people. Nothing will change since there are conflict situations which require not 5-10 or twenty people, but 200-300, which again doesn’t change much. But it is very important that a symbolic step is made sh...
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