The presidents of France, Russia and the United States issue joint statement on Karabakh

The presidents of France, Russia and the United States have issued a joint statement on Nagorno-Karabakh. Emanuel Macron, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump called for the immediate cessation of hostilities between the military forces concerned.

The statement says:

We, the President of the Russian Federation, President of the United States of America and President of the French Republic, representing the co-chairing countries of the OSCE Minsk Group, condemn in the strongest terms the escalation of recent violence on the contact line in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone.

We deplore the loss of human life and we express our sympathy to the families of the victims and injured.

We call for the immediate cessation of hostilities between the military forces concerned.

We also call on the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan to commit without delay to resuming substantive negotiations, in good faith and without preconditions, under the aegis of the co-chairs of the Minsk Group of OSCE.

source: commonspace.eu with elysee.fr

 

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