YEREVAN. – Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, who is in the US within the delegation led by the President of Armenia, on Thursday met with Ambassador James Warlick, the US Co-Chair of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia informed Armenian News-NEWS.am that Nalbandian drew the attention of the US Co-Chair to the continuous violations of the ceasefire by Azerbaijan.

“Ignoring the joint statement of the Co-Chairs and the OSCE Chairmanship Special Representative to respect ceasefire during religious holidays, Baku has intensified the gross violations of ceasefire in the wake of and during Easter,” the Armenian FM noted. “Such provocations by Azerbaijan have become routine. The same is happening during the [Nagorno-Karabakh] negotiation process. If previously Baku was undermining the negotiations through various means, attempting to shift the issue to other fora, now, probably witnessing the inefficiency of its steps, it has not made up anything but rejecting meetings with the Minsk Group Co-Chairs.”

Minister Nalbandian stressed that this is yet another futile attempt to exert pressure on the negotiation process and the Co-Chairs.

Also, the interlocutors exchanged views on the avenues for a solely pacific resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.