European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said the status quo on Karabakh is unsustainable.

“Twenty years after the ceasefire peace remains elusive but it is clear that the status quo is unsustainable,”  Barroso said during his speech at the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy.

“The EU calls on Azerbaijan and Armenia to embark on result-oriented negotiations with a view to reaching a peace agreement and stands ready to do all it can to play a constructive role and bring about this peace and its implementation,” he added.

According to Azerbaijani APA agency, Barroso noted that it’s not right to blame the Eurpean Union for the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict remaining unresolved, because this conflict was created by other powers.