YEREVAN, JUNE 3, ARMENPRESS. Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter’s statement in Baku satisfied the U.S. Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group James Warlick. As reports “Armenpress”, about this Mr.Warlick wrote on his Twitter microblog:

“We welcome OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Didier Burkhalter's call for structured peace negotiations for Nagorno-Karabakh” – wrote the Minsk Group Co-Chair.

Burkhalter started his official trip to the South Caucasus with a visit to Baku and called for implementing tension-reducing measures regarding the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Speaking about the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Burkhalter encouraged President Aliyev to move step by step towards a peaceful settlement.  He would welcome intensified negotiations and a next presidential meeting as a starting point of a structured process leading towards a peaceful solution.

Burkhalter expressed his regrets that 20 years after the 1994 ceasefire, violent incidents at the Line of Contact and the international border remain a frequent phenomenon. He called on the sides to strictly adhere to the ceasefire agreement, to implement an incident investigation mechanism, to encourage people-to-people contact and to agree on further confidence-building measures.