YEREVAN. – The biggest obstacle to peace [in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict] is the lack of political will in Armenia and Azerbaijan to reach a just and lasting settlement at the negotiation table.

The US Co-Chair of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group, James Warlick, told the aforementioned to Armenpress news agency.

Warlick, responding to the query on which are the problems that create obstacles for a productive result in achieving a peaceful settlement of the conflict and signing a respective agreement, added as follows:

“We have said numerous times that a negotiated settlement would bring peace and prosperity to a region that has suffered from this conflict for far too long. The [Minsk Group] Co-Chairs will continue our efforts to mediate a resolution as long as the sides consider our role necessary, but ultimately it is up to the [Armenian and Azerbaijani] Presidents to reach a settlement.”