Yerevan urges Minsk group to condemn ceasefire violations

Apr 18 2005 3:08PM

YEREVAN. April 18 (Interfax) – The Armenian Foreign Ministry has
called on the co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk group, which is composed
of representatives from Russia, the United States and France,
to step up criticism of ceasefire violators in the zone of the
Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh.

The call followed the recent statement by the group’s co-chairmen,
in which they urged the conflicting parties to refrain from skirmishes
and ceasefire violations.

“Cautious criticism from international mediators following repeated
ceasefire violations will do no good,” the Armenian Foreign Ministry’s
press spokesman Hamlet Gasparian said in a statement circulated
on Monday.