Although we are neither in a state of war, nor in that of peace, the OSCE Minsk Group format of Karabakh conflict regulation, which worked and is working currently, must remain the same, Armenia’s Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan said at a meeting with the participants of “Baze-2015” Pan-Armenian Youth Gathering, responding to the question of an Armenian student on whether the OSCE Minsk Group contributes to the peace in Karabakh.

“I’m positive about the activity of the OSCE Minsk Group, realizing that the settlement of the Karabakh conflict cannot happen in short period of time,” Ohanyan said.

The OSCE Minsk Group activity, according to him, contributed to an establishment of a relative peace between the parties to the conflict. “We don’t think there must be changes in the number of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries. Of course, currently certain decrease in the OSCE Minsk Group’s political potential is observed. I mean the controversies of Russia with the U.S and European countries, but this doesn’t interfere with their effective work in the role of mediators,” Ohanyan said.