Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne has reaffirmed the Australian Government’s support for the OSCE Minsk Group process, highlighting “equal rights and self-determination of people” as one of the three equal principles that must guide Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) to permanent peace following the bloody war of 2020, Asbarez reported, citing the Armenian National Committee of Australia.

In a letter responding to relentless advocacy by the Armenian National Committee of Australia and the Armenian-Australian community, Minister Payne welcomed the break to hostilities as a result of the agreement while highlighting the need for both sides to observe the Helsinki Final Act, which calls for respect of the “principles of the non-use of force, territorial integrity, and equal rights and self-determination of people.”

Minister Payne further called on both Armenia and Azerbaijan to support the efforts of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group to achieve peace in the region.

The source recalled that recently, over 3,000 Australians signed an Australian Parliamentary Petition calling for Australian to recognize the Republic of Artsakh.