NEW YORK. – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbian FM Ivica Dacic has briefed the UN Security Council on the issue of Nagorno Karabakh, Armenian News – NEWS.am U.S. correspondent reports.
“I am particularly concerned over the recent developments related to Nagorno-Karabakh. Last year’sthree meetings between the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan were an encouraging indication of arenewed appetite for dialogue. However, since then we have observed a sharp deterioration of thesituation on the ground and the political process has slowed down,” Dacic said.
He stressed that Serbia’s OSCE Chairmanshipcontinues to support the efforts of the Minsk Group Co-Chairs to facilitate “high-level meetings and toexplore, together with the parties, all avenues that may lead to a long-overdue settlement”.
In Munichearlier this month, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office had met with the international mediators and the Personal Representative to discuss further steps todecrease tensions in the region.
“On that occasion, I discussed the situation also with the ForeignMinisters of Armenia and Azerbaijan. I shall continue my engagement with the leaders in the regionwhen I visit them in a few months,” Ivica Dacic concluded.
