The OSCE Minsk Group is the only format of negotiations that is acceptable for all parties to the conflict. This is what OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Slovakia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Miroslav Lajčák declared during a press conference in Baku, reported haqqin.az.

“Any change of this format must be agreed with the opposite party,” Lajčák said.

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has blamed Armenia, stating that “the latest statements of Armenia’s leadership are not targeted at peace”. “For instance, the latest statement of the Director of the National Security Service. I have had a talk with the Russian Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group about that today,” Mammadyarov said.