Latvia fully supports the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and does not wish to hamper the process, Janis Zlamets, head of bilateral relations department at the Latvian Foreign Ministry, told NEWS.am. He commented on a number of unclear wordings on Karabakh in a joint declaration issued by the Latvian and Azerbaijani Presidents.

He also added that Latvia’s position on Karabakh fully coincides with that of EU which was repeatedly voiced by EU President Herman Rompuy, Vice-President of the European Commission Catherine Ashton. The Karabakh conflict should be solved in conformity with the UN charter, the following principles of international law: non-use of force, territorial integrity and nations’ right to self-determination, he said. Summing up, the diplomat stressed that Latvia joined the Helsinki and Athens statements of the OSCE ministerial, as well as declaration adopted in Astana at the OSCE summit.