Situation around Nagorno-Karabakh gives ground to concern – NATO official

All the NATO allies are concerned over the increasing armament in the South Caucasus, the NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia said today in Yerevan.

Speaking at a news confernce, James Appathurai also expressed concern over the simultaneously increasing political tension and hostilities in the region.

Noting that two of the NATO allies are represented in the OSCE Minsk Group (which seeks a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict), the NATO official further highlighted the alliance’s policy of relaxing tension and hostile attitudes, and finding peaceful solutions.

He said that the NATO fully supports the Minsk Group efforts without any direct intervention in its mediatory role (as it isn’t directly represented in the mission).