YEREVAN. – The Karabakh conflict can be solved only through peaceful talks and compromise, NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative said in Yerevan (photo).

James Appathurai, Special Representative for South Caucasus and Central Asia, recalled that NATO is not participating in the conflict resolution.

“We promote the OSCE Minsk Group and more generally the Minsk process. We have partnered with Armenia and Azerbaijan,” he said during the Friday media briefing in Yerevan.

NATO is engaged in political dialogue with Baku and Yerevan, he recalled, adding that during the meetings in Armenia and Azerbaijan, “we always stress the importance attached to the exclusively peaceful resolution of the conflict.”

Both in Armenia and Azerbaijan, representatives of NATO, including Appathurai himself, conveyed clear message that there is no military solution to the conflict.

“We said very clearly that the only solution can be reachef through negotiation and compromise,” he emphasized.

In this regard, NATO’s Special Representative noted that it is clear what benefits the regional countries will get from a peaceful solution to the conflict. He added that NATO is aware of the plans to hold a high level meeting in the near future.

“We hope that with the assistance of OSCE MG it will be possible to find a solution as soon as possible,” he resumed.  

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