Dissolution of OSCE MG grounded - Moscow 

ArmInfo.  The Russian side considers the decision of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to dissolve the Minsk Group on the Nagorno- Karabakh conflict to be justified. This was stated by the  official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria  Zakharova at a briefing on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic  Forum.

The diplomat recalled that the Russian Federation, along with other  OSCE members, took direct part in making this decision based on the  consensus rule. "We consider this step to be justified, justified in  view of the fundamental changes in the situation in the region," she  noted, TASS reports.

"The initiative to curtail the Minsk institutions belongs to Armenia  and Azerbaijan. The foreign ministers of these states addressed the  OSCE with a corresponding proposal on August 11, thereby confirming  that Baku and Yerevan no longer need the instruments of the Minsk  process.

Let me remind you that throughout the entire period of the Minsk  Group's work, the Russian co- chairmanship made every effort to solve  the tasks set in the interests of reconciling the friendly peoples of  Azerbaijan and Armenia," Zakharova recalled.

The OSCE Minsk process was launched in 1992 to resolve the Karabakh  conflict, its main element was the Minsk Group, co-chaired by Russia,  the United States and France.