"War is not an alternative"
"Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents achieved significant progress in the course of the talks in Munich on November 22," OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs announced following the talks in Munich.
Asked on what matters the progress was achieved, OSCE Minsk Group French Co-Chair Bernard Fassier said: "We have an agreement not to give the details of talks. It is upon the Presidents to detail the talks. Anyway, we all agree that some important progress has been reached.
However, the Co-Chair added that they "identified some difficulties as well."
The OSCE Minsk Group's press conference chaired by French Co-Chair Bernard Fassier started after four-hour talks between the sides. Bernard Fassier apologized to journalists for the delay and added: "This comes to show how deep the talks have been."
Then Bernard Fassier underlined that the talks are the sixth in the current year. "This is unprecedented in the history of talks and speaks of their dynamics and seriousness.
The talks, which lasted almost four hours, were constructive and the presidents discussed all the important unresolved points. The two presidents engaged in a detailed and in-depth discussion. Some of the issues were discussed for the first time. The talks enabled the sides to clarify the complicated issues they hadn't agreed upon.
The two presidents instructed us to work on these matters," said the French Co-Chair.
Presidents Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev turn out to have instructed the Minsk Group to work on definite issues in the upcoming weeks and months.
The Co-Chairs are expected to meet with the foreign ministers of the two countries in December-on the eve of the annual meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council.
During today's talks the Co-Chairs called on Azerbaijani President to refrain from making warlike statements.
"War cannot be an alternative," announced Bernard Fassier "We have already told the presidents that our governments in Moscow, Paris and Washington think the war is not an alternative since it cannot ensure a solution to the conflict."
