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    Emil Lazarian
  • 5 years ago
    • Categories: 2020

Armenian FM, OSCE chief discuss Karabakh peace

Panorama, Armenia
Feb 15 2020

On the margins of the Munich Security Conference, Foreign Minister of Armenia Zohrab Mnatsakanyan met on Friday with OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger, the Foreign Ministry's press service reported.

The FM noted that Armenia attaches great importance to strengthening and expanding effective partnership established with the OSCE executive structures through new targeted programs and initiatives. In this regard, the sides discussed collaboration in the framework of the OSCE's Armenian Co-operation Program and ways to enhance its efficiency.

Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Thomas Greminger touched upon the process of the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) conflict and the recent meetings held within its framework

The Armenian foreign policy chief stressed the importance of direct engagement of Artsakh authorities in the peace process, especially on the issues related to the security and status of Artsakh.

The two officials highlighted the consistent steps aimed at strengthening the environment conducive to peace and preparing the peoples for peace, as well as the importance of OSCE’s role in that process. 

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