ITAR-TASS, Russia
May 21, 2013 Tuesday 02:50 PM GMT+4

Co-chairs of Minsk OSCE Group to visit Nagorno Karabakh on May 22 – Lavrov

MOSCOW May 21

– The co-chairs of the Minsk OSCE Group will visit Nagorno Karabakh on
May 22, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said after the
negotiations with his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mamedyarov here on
Tuesday.

“The current status quo is certainly unacceptable,” Lavrov noted.
“Meanwhile, it is unacceptable for all, primarily Azerbaijan and
Armenia, and those who live in Karabakh,” Lavrov said with confidence.

“The status quo means not only the question over the return of the
Azerbaijani territories is unsettled, it also means the economic
blockade of Armenia,” the minister noted. “Therefore, no one should be
talked into the unacceptance of the status quo,” he said. “For Russia
it is unacceptable just because they are our neighbours, our friends,
between whom a long and thorny conflict continues,” Lavrov added. “The
stability and calmness in the Caucasus for us is one of the priorities
of the Russian foreign policy,” the Russian foreign minister
underlined.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress