YEREVAN. – France and Germany expect continuation of Karabakh peace talks, French and German diplomats said during a press conference on Monday.

Charge d'Affaires at the French embassy Nicholas Fai recalled that the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan had recently met at the imitative of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs.   

“The topic of the meeting was to prepare the next summit, of course, at the same time trying to ensure the implementation of the Vienna meeting arrangements, primarily confidence building measures,” Nicholas Fai said.

According to him, it refers to the creation of mechanisms for investigating incidents and extension of the office of ambassador Kasprzyk.

In turn, German Ambassador Matthias Kiesler noted that Germany, joining the OSCE chairmanship in January, emphasized the importance of maintaining stability at the line of contact. This also applies to the extension of the office of Ambassador Kasprzyk.

Following the Vienna meeting on May 16, German presidency directs efforts to implement the arrangements. The ambassador added that relative calm maintains at the line of contact after the meeting.

According to the Ambassador, the 1994-95 agreements must be fulfilled in full, and there is a need to start peace talks immediately.

“The most important thing is that there must be a stable and sustainable truce,” Ambassador added.