“We in Azerbaijan strongly believe that withdrawal of Armenian troops in a fixed time framework from the occupied territories of Azerbaijan will open a tremendous opportunity for the region, providing different environment of predictability, development and benefit for everyone and for the entire region,” Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said at Dec. 2 session of OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens.

According to him, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is the primary reason for instability in South Caucasus and obstacle to integration of the countries into European Community.

The negotiation process on NKR conflict had accelerated this year both on presidential and ministerial level, including OSCE MG Co-Chairs, Mammadyarov outlined. “

This year was remarkable in terms of the intensiveness of the meetings between the Presidents of the both sides, and the detailed and in-depth discussions of the most important yet unresolved issues,” Azerbaijani FM stated.