YEREVAN. – The statements by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Minsk Group (OSCE MG) co-chairs need to be targeted.

Chairman of the National Assembly of Armenia Standing Committee on Foreign Relations, Artak Zakaryan, expressed such a view to Armenian News-NEWS.am, as he commented on Monday’s statement by the co-chairs.

The MP noted that it is illogical to link this belated statement on the aggression that took place on December 29, 2016 to the New Year holidays.

At the same time, Zakaryan noted that unaddressed statements only complement the series of formal statements.

“The co-chairs have political and legal resources to put pressure on Azerbaijan, so that the latter carry out the Vienna and Saint Petersburg summits’ arrangements about applying mechanisms to investigate incidents,” the Armenian MP said, in particular.

He added that Azerbaijan shows disrespect towards the agreements that are reached during negotiations.

“Azerbaijan is interested in exacerbating the [Karabakh] conflict,” added Zakaryan. “[But] Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh [(Artsakh)] tend to maintain the arrangements, and they always support a pacific settlement [to the conflict].”