Minsk ready to host Nagorno-Karabakh conference - Foreign Ministry

MINSK, March 12. /TASS/. Minsk is ready to host a conference on the Nagorno-Karabakh problem, Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makey said on Thursday during a meeting with the Minsk Group Co-Chairs of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Ambassadors Pierre Andrieu of France, Igor Popov of Russia, James Warlick of the U.S. and personal envoy of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk. "I would like to confirm our readiness to host peace talks on Nagorno-Karabakh at the time specified by the relevant OSCE resolutions," he said, noting that, "If necessary, Minsk could also provide the venue for the final stage of negotiations to work out a comprehensive peace agreement". Belarus resolutely supports OSCE efforts aimed at strengthening regional security and stability, finding peaceful solutions to resolve the existing and long-running conflicts, including in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Minister said. Makey added that "Minsk was ready to make its contribution to the issue, the way it did in the context of the Ukrainian crisis". "The Belarusian side shares the vision of the Minsk Group co-chairs on the ways of resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict", the Belarusian top diplomat said. Read more