Ambassador Richard  Hoagland reaffirmed the long-standing principles, which would serve as a basis for settlement of Karabakh conflict, U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Richard Mills told told RFE/RL Armenian service, commenting on the statement of OSCE Minsk Group former US Co-Chair Richard Hoagland.

Ambassador mentioned two facts regarding Hoagland’s remarks. First of all, this is a re-affirmed statement on existing principles that were also voiced by former co-chair James Warlik back in 2014.

“The six principles that he [Hoagland] published reflect long-standing principles that have been reaffirmed by a number of international organizations of all OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries. And the Armenian government has also accepted them as a basis for negotiations for the settlement of the conflict,” Richard Mills noted.

Mills said he had seen some media reports and Armenian social media comments in response to the six principles published by U.S. co-chair that outlined several principles. The Ambassador assured that all principles are a subject of negotiations, and none of them is more important than the other. There are no signs that one would be implemented more than the other one. All the principles are a part of a package, he explained.