YEREVAN.  – One of the OSCE participating states, Turkey, which often reminds about its membership to the Minsk Group, is acting from a position of inciting a great war in the region and is explicitly encouraging the adventuristic policy of the Azerbaijani leadership, President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan said during his meeting with the ambassadors of OSCE member states on Monday.

“Azerbaijan is bragging about its alleged victory and Turkey congratulates it on that occasion. While the international community condemns the use of force in Nagorno-Karabakh although only in words. Turkey is the only country to provide unwavering support to the Azerbaijani adventurism. The statements made by Ankara before and after this situation- through which this country seems to compete with Azerbaijan with its anti-Armenian stance - can form a new hotbed of tension in the region, something of which Turkey has experience in the Near East. All those who wished to see Turkey among the mediators, now understand, that the country, having adopted the approach of the so-called “blood-kinship security”, should be completely kept away from the process of the Karabakh conflict resolution.

To conclude with, I would like to once again thank you for being here and express my hope that my messages and concerns will be heard in your capitals for the sake of the pan-European peace and security,” he said.