Interfax News Agency, Russia
June 5 2008
Karabakh problem must be peacefully resolved at OSCE Minsk Group – EU
YEREVAN June 5
Any violation of the ceasefire on the Armenian-Azerbaijani line of
contact is unacceptable, Deputy Director General of the European
Commission Directorate General for External Relations Hugues
Mingarelli said in Yerevan on Thursday.
Such violations disturbed the peace in border zones and thwarted
earlier accords, he said.
The Karabakh conflict must be resolved peacefully at negotiations
within the OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe)
Minsk Group, Mingarelli said. The European Union insists on that
settlement format, as a EU member country is part of the Minsk Group,
he said.
The Group includes Russia, the United States and France. According to
the Armenian and Azeri defense ministries, violations of the ceasefire
announced in 1994 have grown more frequent recently.