Armenia’s Permanent Representative at the OSCE Arman Kirakosyan addressed the OSCE Permanent Council on Wednesday in Vienna.

In his speech, Arman Kirakosyan touched upon the statement made by Azerbaijani FM a day earlier.  Armenia’s representatives stressed that in order to reach positive momentum on Karabakh, Azerbaijan must refrain from warlike statements, accept proposals of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs and implement arrangement reached during the talks.

Ambassador Kirakosyan noted that Armenia shares all statements by the co-chairing states and perceives the Basic Principals for the Karabakh settlement as a whole.

He stressed that escalation of tension in the conflict zone is unacceptable underscoring importance of the Minsk Group’s proposals, including removal of snipers and creation of mechanisms to investigate the case of ceasefire violation.