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Warlick: Minsk Group co-chairs support Royce-Sherman letter on Karabakh conflict
STEPANAKERT, MARCH 23, ARTSAKHPRESS: The US Co-Chair of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group, Ambassador James Warlick, told the aforesaid to the Voice of America Armenian service.
“We are greatly concerned over the ceasefire violation cases. Clashes that took place in January last year were the worst since the ceasefire agreement was signed. Most worrisome is the casualties among civilians. We condemn usage of heavy artillery”, Warlick mentioned.
The Minsk Group Co-chairs attended a consultation in Tbilisi early in March, which was convened by the efforts of “Reconciliation ways” organization. Bother Armenia and Azerbaijan were represented: “Any platform of dialogue is of importance”.
As refers to the proposals of U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce and Ranking Democrat Eliot Engel regarding the reinforcement of the ceasefire on Armenia-Azerbaijan border and Karabakh-Azerbaijan contact line, Warlick mentioned thjat the Minsk Group supports the proposals, “Though we have not seen the final letter yet, but the proposals made by Ed Royce have received the support of the Co-chairs, but it must receive the support of all the sides. Our demand is the preservation of the ceasefire regime”, Warlick said.
