“OSCE Minsk Group is the only international process that can solve Karabakh issue or at least pave the way for a peaceful solution,” Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland told in the interview with Azerbaijani APA news agency on November 14.

“I must say that the parties’ membership to the Council of Europe is an important factor because of they have additional grounds in finding a solution,” the official said, adding that it would help the sides to “find a quick and easy solution to the conflict.”

He also emphasized that considers Minsk Group’s role significant: “Minsk process is very important. Conflicts are resolved in this way and Europe is built in this way.”

Jagland also touched upon Armenia-Turkey reconciliation and interrelation of two regional processes, underlining that he considers the process “can have a positive influence on the existing conflicts in the region.”

“The contradictions between countries from earlier times make it impossible to make even small progress in resolving conflicts. That is, the Turkey-Armenia rapprochement is a consequence of the presence of uniform norms and values in these countries because they are both the members of the Council of Europe. In such circumstances, it is natural to seek solutions to existing problems. This is to some extent like the processes that occurred in Europe after the Second World War,” stated Jagland.