ARMINFO News Agency, Armenia
 Friday


Nalbandian: Baku`s attempts to distort the situation around the
Karabakh conflict settlement are regarded as a perversion

Yerevan February 23

Marianna Mkrtchyan. The European Union has repeatedly expressed its
full support for the efforts and approaches of the OSCE Minsk Group
co-chairs for the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian stated this at a joint
press conference with Foreign Minister of Madagascar Henri
Rabari-Ndzak on February 23 in Yerevan, referring to Baku's statements
that there are no provisions in the Brussels Declaration that are
important for the Karabakh settlement.

"You know a well-known character from a fairy tale who, being alone,
starts screaming out of fear, maybe Azerbaijan does the same for a
long time, since the approach of the OSCE Minsk Group on the
settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict enjoys full EU support, ,
including on the margins of the Brussels summit during my meeting with
Federica Mogherini, "the Armenian minister said.

At the same time, he added that the approach of the co-chairs, which
repeatedly stated, including after the last visit to the region, was
also known, the conflict should be resolved through peaceful
negotiations on the basis of three well-known principles. According to
the Armenian Minister, the European Union not only expressed its full
support for the efforts and approaches of the mediators, but also
repeatedly stated that these principles are the basis for the
settlement of the conflict. "I detailed the provisions of the Brussels
Declaration and Baku's attempts to distort the situation, I would like
to say that the attempts of the Azerbaijani side that have become
chronic have been described as a perversion." Armenia also shares this
belief, "Nalbandian concluded.