Former OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair Vladimir Kazimirov said that Armenia and Azerbaijan are still far from Karabakh conflict settlement in his interview with Russian Nezavisimaya Gazeta daily. According to him, there is only diplomatic solution to the conflict and coercive methods are ruled out.

“It will be a moral fall for OSCE holding the talks since 1992. The potential of OSCE Minsk Group is questioned as it is and inability to accomplish peaceful mission and prevent the war will devaluate OSCE, casting shadow on mediation of U.S., Russia and France,” said Kazimirov.