YEREVAN. OSCE Parliamentary Assembly is an effective format for inter-parliamentary cooperation and Armenia is its active participant, Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian stated at the meeting President of the OSCE PA Petros Efthimiou in Yerevan on Tuesday.

The sides discussed several issues on the OSCE agenda, press service of Armenian Foreign Office informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.

The officials exchanged views on the current stage of the Karabakh peace process. In this regard, the head of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly stressed the need to create an atmosphere of confidence by respecting the ceasefire and removing snipers from the contact line. He stressed that there is no alternative to peaceful resolution of the conflict.