OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs call on Aliyev and Pashinyan to ensure full  implementation of Moscow ceasefire agreements

ArmInfo.The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Stephane Visconti of France, and Andrew Schofer of the United States of  America) released the statement.

As ArmInfo was told in the OSCE, the statement, in particular, reds:

<The Co-Chairs note with alarm the continuing violence in the  Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The Co- Chairs call on Azerbaijani  President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to  take immediate steps to execute in full the obligations of the sides  according to the October 10 Moscow statement, in order to prevent  catastrophic consequences for the region. 

The Co-Chairs reiterate that civilian casualties are unacceptable  under any circumstances. The Co- Chairs call on the sides to  implement the humanitarian ceasefire immediately to allow the return  of remains, prisoners of war, and detainees, and appeal to the sides  to agree urgently upon a ceasefire verification mechanism.

Following conversations with Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab  Mnatsakanyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, the  Co-Chairs are working with the sides on the substantive issues of the  Nagorno-Karabakh political settlement process in order to reach a  negotiated solution".

To note, despite the agreements reached between the Foreign Ministers  of Armenia and Azerbaijan with the mediation of Russia on the  establishment of a ceasefire for humanitarian purposes in the zone of  the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, which entered into force on October 10  at 12:00 local time, the enemy continues to provoke different parts  of the front line, including striking civilian settlements and  infrastructures. The Ombudsman of Artsakh reported on October 11 that  at least 5 civilians of Artsakh  died since the ceasefire came into  force.