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Artsakh highlights real contribution to stabilization of situation contact line

Armenpress 17:53, 19 February, 2018

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 19, ARMENPRESS.  The Republic of Artsakh has always supported the initiatives aimed at strengthening the ceasefire regime, and has repeatedly made various proposals to reduce tensions on the Line of Contact between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan, ARMENPRESS reports Foreign Minister of Artsakh Masis Mayilian announced, commenting on the agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan on the expansion of the Office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Krakow.   “We always took into account that these steps should not be formal or declarative, but should make a real contribution to the stabilization of the situation on the Line of Contact. The same approach applies equally to the proposal on expanding the Office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, which should not be limited to a formal increase in the number of staff, but should provide for increased monitoring capabilities of the Office, Artsakh’s FM said.

According to him, the implementation of the proposal will be an important step in the right direction. However, merely the expansion of the staff of the Office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and its increased monitoring capabilities are not sufficient to ensure stability and predictability on the Line of Contact between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan. “It is also necessary to implement other initiatives on strengthening the ceasefire, in particular, the proposal on mechanism of investigation incidents agreed upon in 2011. In this context, the practical application of the agreement of February 6, 1995, reached by Azerbaijan, Artsakh and Armenia under the aegis of the OSCE, is also of great importance. The agreement contains a whole complex of militarily significant measures on stabilization of crisis situations”, Masis Mayilian concluded.

 



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