YEREVAN. – The creation of a climate of trust is the guarantee of success in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, Armenian Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan stated at Tuesday’s news conference.

The minister stressed that the Armenian side has always favored renunciation of the use of force to resolve this conflict.

“The OSCE Minsk Group has much to do in this regard. By the help of the mechanisms for the investigations of the incidents, it can be found out which of the [conflicting] parties has violated the ceasefire,” Ohanyan specifically noted.

The defense minister also recalled that the Armenian authorities have repeatedly stated that they trust the actions taken by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs, and they do not see a need for changing this format.

In Seyran Ohanyan’s words, even though they criticize the actions by the Co-Chairs, it is owing to them that large-scale military operations are managed to be avoided for a long time.