Final resolution of NK conflict must take place based on OSCE MG-backed principles – reiterates Armenia

Armenia sees the comprehensive and sustainable final resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict based on the well-known principles supported by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a joint press conference with Lithuania’s Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte in Vilnius.

Pashinyan said that at the meeting with Simonyte he briefed her on the current situation in the region and the developments of the recent months. “Particularly I stressed that the final comprehensive and sustainable resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict must take place based on the well-known principles supported by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs. We highly appreciate Lithuania’s balanced and constructive position towards the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. We also highly appreciate your government’s humanitarian assistance provided for withstanding the challenges facing our people in the past year,” Pashinyan said and expressed gratitude for the 50,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine donated to Armenia by the Lithuanian government.

“I also informed my colleague about the June 20 early election of parliament which brought an end to the tensions within the society. These were the second consecutive elections in Armenia to be labeled as free, fair and competitive by international...