US URGES ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN LEADERS TO DISCUSS TERRITORIAL DISPUTE IN PARIS

The Voice of Russia
June 27 2014

More frequent deadly shootings in the Nagorny Karabakh conflict zone
are alarming, US Co-Chairman of the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group James Warlick said.

The US is very concerned about this, one life lost is already a reason
for concern and more frequent cases of violence do not create the
atmosphere amid which both parties can work together successfully
for the sake of peace, Warlick said in an interview with the Voice
of America radio station.

A threat exists that the situation could get out of control and lead
to resumption of hostilities – this is not wanted and measures should
be taken to decrease tension, Warlick said, according to Interfax. The
US mediator said he welcomed the appeal of Russian Foreign Minister
Sergei Lavrov to Azerbaijan and Armenia urging to accept the proposal
of France’s President Francois Hollande to hold next meeting of the
two conflict countries’ Presidents Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsian
in Paris.

The presidents should accept this invitation, he said, as a new stage
is needed and it is crucial that the presidents meet.

The US-Russian disagreements on the events transpiring in Ukraine do
not prevent Washington and Moscow from cooperating constructively in
settling the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict, Warlick claimed.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress