YEREVAN. – Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian, who is in Finland on an official visit, on Tuesday met, in capital city Helsinki, with Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland), President of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA).

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia informed Armenian News-NEWS.am that Nalbandian presented to the OSCE PA president the consequences of the aggressive actions which Azerbaijan unleashed against Nagorno-Karabakh in early April, and the efforts by Armenia and the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs to address these consequences.

Also, the Armenian FM drew the OSCE PA president’s attention to the Azerbaijani armed forces’ gross violations of international humanitarian law. The minister added that Azerbaijan continues disregarding the international community’s calls to honor the ceasefire, and violating the trilateral and open-ended agreements of 1994 and 1995 with respect to establishing and strengthening ceasefire.

In this connection, Kanerva noted that the use of force is unacceptable. He noted that the OSCE PA fully supports the Minsk Group Co-Chairs’ efforts to achieve a pacific resolution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and through negotiations, and the enhancing of the capacities of the team of the Personal Representative to the OSCE Chairman in Office.

The interlocutors also discussed several other matters that are on the OSCE agenda.