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YEREVAN, APRIL 22, ARMENPRESS. Nagorno Karabakh conflict does not have a military solution and should be resolved only through political and diplomatic means. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during the joint press conference with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian in Yerevan.
“The strengthening of the implementation of 1994, 1995 ceasefire agreements is a priority issue. These agreements are termless and subject to immediate execution. Everyone should respect it. The Russian Federation as an OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair country will do everything to cooperate with the parties. Now respecting the existing ceasefire agreement we should conduct every possible step to put into practice the proposals of mutual trust, security maintenance and the mechanisms for investigating the incidents which were agreed between the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan by Russia’s interference in 2011 and which were implemented by the OSCE. The process deceleration is not correct”, “Armenpress” reports, Lavrov says.
He urged not to let ceasefire violations expressing his condolences to the families of servicemen killed as a result of violence outburst in early April.
Lavrov is on an official visit in Armenia at the invitation of Nalbandian. Serzh Sargsyan is scheduled to receive him. Within the framework of the official visit, Lavrov paid tribute to the victims of the Armenian Genocide in Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex.