YEREVAN. – The OSCE Minsk Group is always active in the negotiation process, French Ambassador to Armenia Jean-François Charpentier said at a press conference on Thursday.

In his words, the three Minsk Group co-chairs—from Russia, US, and France—are in constant contact with each other as well as with the presidents and foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan. He added that the co-chairs will visit the region in around ten days.

Charpentier stressed that the mission of the OSCE Minsk Group is to create conditions that will enable to resolve the Karabakh conflict. He noted, however, that the Minsk Group co-chairs do not make decisions. “The right to make decisions belongs to the conflicting parties,” the French diplomat added. 

The ambassador noted that everything must be done to find a solution that is acceptable to the conflicting parties. In his words, it is impossible to constantly live under ceasefire violations and threat. “The status quo cannot continue,” Jean-François Charpentier noted.  

He added that the latest statement by the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs was targeted. But in the diplomat’s conviction, even though the previous statements also were targeted, they should be read with subtexts.