Growing tensions on the ground over Nagorno-Karabakh are worrisome, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Azubalis, in his address to the UN Security Council on February 15, OSCE website reports.

“The OSCE role in pursuing a settlement of this prolonged conflict through greater engagement by the Co-Chairs of the Minsk Group will be maintained. I will invite the conflict parties to implement confidence-building measures, including immediate withdrawal of snipers from the Line of Contact, and strengthening OSCE monitoring activities.”

Azubalis stressed that the Chairmanship will work to reduce tensions and build trust among affected communities in the South Caucasus