Azerbaijan

We received the report of the Co-Chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group on the evolving situation

and recent developments connected with the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and commend their efforts. We

applaud in particular the intensified dialogue between the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan, whose

regular contacts have created opportunities to dynamize the process of finding a lasting and

comprehensive solution to the problem. We firmly support this dialogue and encourage its continuation,

with the hope of resuming negotiations within the OSCE Minsk Group. We also confirm that the OSCE

and its Minsk Group, which remains the most appropriate format for finding a solution, stand ready to

further advance the peace process and its future implementation, including by providing all necessary

assistance to the parties.

We welcome the opening of an OSCE Office in Yerevan this year and the decision to open a similar office in Baku.