Baku. Mubariz Aslanov - APA. "We clearly understand that “status quo” in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is not acceptable. We understand that continuation of the conflict is difficult for the Azerbaijani people,” said U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan Richard Morningstar addressing the South Caucasus Forum in Baku, APA reports. He recalled the ceasefire agreement signed between Azerbaijan and Armenia in1994 and said that the agreement prevented the war: “However, prevention of the war is not sufficient to resolve the conflict. The Minsk Group understands it very well. Therefore, we consider that the Minsk Group should be more determined to achieve something in the establishment of peace and formation of framework that will bring the parties to the compromise.”
The ambassador also touched on the role of the two countries’ civil societies in the resolution of the conflict: “The participation of the civil societies in this process is important. OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs can not do this, the parties must do it themselves. The second type of diplomacy – the public diplomacy should be used in support of the activity of OSCE Minsk Group.”
The ambassador proposed to involve women activists from both Azerbaijan and Armenia in the settlement of the conflict: “Women, as mothers, suffer more from the war and they do admit the current situation.”
The diplomat said that in any case, the US will try to solve the problem till the end: “The US position is that the conflict is a painful problem of Azerbaijan and must be resolved, because the question is the fact of occupation.”
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