OSCE assesses committment of Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders to prepare their peoples for peace a positive signal

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YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 21, ARMENPRESS. The OSCE is committed to its mediation mission for the peaceful settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict and hopes to see progress in the negotiation process in the format of Minsk Group Co-chairs, OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger announced during the winter session of yhe OSCE PA.

‘The committment of theleadership of Armenia and Azerbaijan to prepare their populations for peace can be a very promising signal', ARMENPRESS reports Greminger as saying.

He emphasized the necessity of strengthening the role of the mediation missions of the OSCE in the settlement processes of different conflicts.

The OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs’ format is the only mediation format engaged in Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement process. The Co-chairs are Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Stephane Visconti of France, and Andrew Schofer of the United States of America.

Edited and translated by Tigran Sirekanyan

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS