Azerbaijan, Armenia commit to strengthening ceasefire during Olympics - OSCE Minsk Group statement
BAKU. Feb 6 (Interfax) - The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group will continue consultations with the parties to the Armenian-Azeri conflict in the coming weeks to prepare high-level meetings, of which the co-chairs said in a statement summing up outcomes of their talks in Baku and Yerevan available on the OSCE website.
"The Co-Chairs discussed the outcome of the Foreign Ministers' recent meeting in Paris with the presidents and stressed the need for further progress on the substance of negotiations on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," it says.
The co-chairs stressed the need to continue top-level talks, as the parties agreed at the latest summit between the Azeri and Armenian presidents in Vienna in November 2013.
They also reiterated "their deep concern over the recent escalation on the Line of Contact and the border, and called on the sides to exercise restraint in their actions and rhetoric."
"The sides stated their intention to strengthen observance of the ceasefire and avoid further escalation, particularly in light of the upcoming Olympic Games in Sochi," the statement says.