TBILISI. – Georgia’s neutrality in the Karabakh conflict issue is the more effective position, Armenia’s Ambassador to Georgia, Hovhannes Manukyan, told News.ge.  

He recalled that the OSCE Minsk Group is established to settle the conflict, and the settlement talks are conducted along its lines. 

“Armenia is convinced that this format is contemporaneous, and it exerts political efforts to achieve success within its framework,” noted the Ambassador, and added:

“Sadly, the cases of Azerbaijan’s ceasefire violations have increased in recent times, and this resulted in a great number of human losses at the line of contact of the parties.

[But] Armenia does not leave these provocations unanswered. The number of Azerbaijan’s casualties exceeds that of the Armenian side, but our severe reaction is forced and it aims to not allow for the conflict’s escalation.       

The Armenian side does not respond to sporadic shots. Azerbaijan’s tactic shows that this country does not wish to follow the principle of peacefully settling the conflict.   

And with respect to Georgia’s neutrality toward the given conflict, this is the more effective position, as of today, which could contribute to peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict.”