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Kasprzyk visits Armenia-Azerbaijan border, watches Lachin border checkpoint through binocular

Andrzej Kasprzyk, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office

25 August 2023 12:17 (UTC +04:00)

Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk has visited the Lachin border, APA reports.

Kasprzyk, who on the instructions of the OSCE chairman made a trip to Armenia on August 22 to familiarize himself with the situation on the Lachin road, visited Kornidzor village, Gorus bordering Lachin.

Kasprzyk, whose efforts to resolve the conflict consisted only of insignificant visits to the region for 30 years, watched the Lachin border checkpoint and the territories of Azerbaijan through binoculars.

There is no information about the time when he arrived at the border.

Kasprzyk intended to visit Azerbaijan along with Armenia. However, official Baku did not see the need for his visit, considered it a waste of time and did not agree.

Note that the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev stated that the Minsk Group, which received a mandate from the OSCE, has not achieved any results for 28 years.

“Therefore, after Azerbaijan has resolved the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, there is no need for the Minsk Group.”

The head of state noted that the co-chairs of the Minsk Group have already retired.

“So, I also want to express our position that any kind of speculations in Armenia or in any other country about Minsk Group lead only to irritation in Azerbaijan. We resolved the conflict. The so-called Madrid principles, which were elaborated by the Minsk Group, have been resolved and now we need to think about how to normalize relations with Armenia and sign a peace agreement,” the Azerbaijani President emphasized.