Security and status of Nagorno Karabakh have always been Armenia’s priorities in the Karabakh conflict settlement process, Armenia’s Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan said at a joint press conference with OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Slovak foreign minister Miroslav Lajčák.

“During the meeting we have referred to exclusively peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict based on fundamental principles of human rights and implementation of right of people to self-determination,” Mnatsakanyan said.

“I have reiterated that the security and status of Nagorno Karabakh are absolute priorities for Armenia. I have also reiterated the approach relating to ensuring Nagorno Karabakh’s involvement and its resolute voice in the process,” Armenia’s minister said.

He stressed that Karabakh issue relates to the right of people of Artsakh to live safely in their homeland.

“We have many times stressed that for effective process of peaceful regulation of the conflict it is necessary to introduce mechanisms for creation of favorable climate, reduction of risks and prevention of incidents and strengthening trust like it has been fixed at Dushanbe meeting and in Vienna and St. Petersburg. These provisions continue remaining topical,” Mnatsakanyan said.