Vice-President of the Republican Party of Armenia Armen Ashotyan today posted the following on his Facebook page:

“Today the Executive Committee of Centrist Democrat International (CDI) held a session during which it considered and adopted a resolution on the truce in Nagorno-Karabakh.

The Republican Party of Armenia and Heritage Party succeeded in incorporating several major recommendations in the resolution.

In particular, one of the largest political families stressed the importance of the role of the OSCE Minsk Group in the establishment of longstanding peace in the region, touched upon the issue of exchange of prisoners of war and the bodies of the deceased, called on conducting proper investigation of war crimes and punishing the guilty and called on Azerbaijan to respect the rights of the population of Nagorno-Karabakh and protect the religious and cultural monuments in the region.

In the resolution, the Executive Committee also makes a reference to the provisions stated in the Armenia-EU Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (I would like to remind that it also contains the right of the people of Artsakh to self-determination as a principle for settlement), as well as the December 3, 2020 statement by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group which reaffirms the importance of the Basic Principles and Elements for the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.”