Lithuanian Foreign Minister, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Audronius Azubalis held a meeting with the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs in Vilnius.

Such terms as “soon” or “shortly” are not relevant to the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, Azubalis said following the meeting. This process requires consistent and strenuous efforts, he said.

With cautious optimism the Lithuanian FM is assessing the negotiations between the conflicting parties. The negotiations are going on. The results of the Armenian-Azerbaijani-Russian presidential meeting may be a good ground for further positive decisions aimed at resolving the conflict, DELFI reports, quating Azubalis.

The sides also discussed building of confidence between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the military field and the countries’ honoring the ceasefire agreement. Despite the ceasefire agreement, deplorable instances of sniping by both sides have been reported, the Lithuanian FM said.

Besides the OSCE MG Co-Chairs, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, the Personal Representative of the Chairperson-in- Office, will participate in the meeting.

Armenian News-NEWS.am reminds readers that, after considering the implementation of the Astrakhan statement of October 27, 2010, at their March 5 meeting in Sochi, the Presidents also agreed on additional steps.

The first step is completing the POW exchange process as soon as possible.

The second point envisages settling all the disputable issues in a peaceful way and investigating possible incidents on the line of contact with the parties` participation, under the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs` auspices and with the assistance of the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office.