The OSCE is grateful to Russia for its participation in the work of the Minsk Group on the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement, OSCE Secretary-General Helga Schmid said on Monday at a press conference following talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
"We discussed the work of the Minsk Group, its co-chairs on the settlement of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. We are grateful to Russia for continuing its work and hope that its work and participation will continue. We believe it's a good platform to bring together the positions for peace," she said.
The situation in the conflict zone around Nagorno-Karabakh escalated on September 27, 2020, when active military operations started there. On November 9, 2020, a trilateral statement was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, which made it possible to achieve a complete cessation of hostilities. According to the document, the Azerbaijani and Armenian sides stopped at the occupied positions, a number of areas came under Baku's control, and Russian peacekeepers were deployed along the line of contact and the Lachin corridor.
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Based on materials from TASS