The Council of Europe (CoE) is currently engaged in a dialogue to develop confidence-building measures between Armenia and Azerbaijan, CoE Secretary-General Marija Pejčinović Burić said at the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on Friday.

“We are currently engaged in a dialogue to develop a set of confidence-building measures between Armenia and Azerbaijan, following the most recent conflict in and around Nagorno-Karabakh,” she said.

“And confidence-building measures are in place for Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transnistria.

“Their success relies upon the authorities’ commitment. And they are aware that the Council of Europe fully and firmly supports the independence and territorial integrity of its member states within their internationally recognized borders,” Burić noted.

Speaking about the CoE, she said, after all, the organization was founded in the aftermath of two devastating world wars, on the promise of “never again”.