Vice President of the OSCE PA Doris Barnett discussed Karabakh conflict during her meeting with the speaker of Azerbaijani parliament Ogtay Asadov on Tuesday.

“The two parliamentarians agreed  that a political solution must be found not only to the conflict in Ukraine, but also to the territorial dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and that to the end, further international mediation efforts where necessary, mutual understanding and a rapprochement between all parties,” says the statement issued by the German delegation.

They discussed in particular the mediating role which could be played in that regard at the parliamentary level, for example through ad hoc working groups that bring together the parties to the conflict and mediators.

 A parliamentary liaison group is currently being established by the OSCE PA in connection with the crisis in Ukraine.