The heads of the Armenian, Azerbaijani, French, Russian and U.S. delegation held a meeting on the margins of the OSCE Informal Ministerial in Kazakhstan. The sides discussed the latest developments in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process.

The press service of the RA foreign office informed NEWS.am that the heads of the Co-Chairing countries’ delegations expressed their regret over the recent events, particularly over the incident on the night of July 19 and resultant public radical statements, which exacerbate the situation in the region. The heads of the delegations of urged the sides to take steps to strengthen the ceasefire established in 1994.

Reminding the sides of the principles of nonuse of force or threat of force, territorial integrity and peoples’ right to self-determination formulated by the Russia, French and U.S. Presidents in l'Aquila and reaffirmed in Muskoka, they designated them as a basis for the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, stressing the unacceptability of superiority of any of the principles over the others.