YEREVAN. – Baku resorted to elementary blackmail, and thwarted a constructive decision at the OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe).

Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia, Shavarsh Kocharyan, told the abovementioned to reporters, after Thursday’s Cabinet meeting.

In his words, Azerbaijan takes advantage of the fact that decisions at the OSCE are reached by consensus, and this is why it was able to obstruct the approval of the spending for the introduction of investigation mechanisms at the Karabakh-Azerbaijan line of contact, even though this spending was included in the budget of the OSCE.

“Azerbaijan, with the threat of the use of veto, has failed in this process,” added Kocharyan. “[But] this approach is not new, and it yet again requires a targeted assessment of the actions by Baku.

“Certainly, from a legal point of view, it’s difficult to annul the consensus decision-making procedure. But there also are other means, whereby it’s possible impact a country that has placed itself outside international law.”