Steinmeier met Co-Chairs ofթԹ the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Igor Popov ofթԹ Russia, Pierre Andrieu ofթԹ France, and Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, the personal representative ofթԹ the chairperson-in-office onթԹ the conflict, inթԹ Berlin, OSCE press service reports.
թ§Չ-ժSteinmeier welcomed the recent improvements inթԹ the upholding ofթԹ the ceasefire. There was agreement amongթԹ the participants ofթԹ the Berlin meeting that a sustainable ceasefire and a return toթԹ political negotiations remain indispensable. Todayթ§Չ-Չ§s talks also served the goal ofթԹ co-ordinating possible further steps towardsթԹ achieving a settlement toթԹ the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, also withթԹ a view toթԹ Steinmeierթ§Չ-Չ§s upcoming visit toթԹ the region,թ§Չ-Թ the statement read.
The violence inթԹ Nagorno-Karabakh, an Azerbaijani breakaway region withթԹ a predominantly Armenian population, escalated onթԹ April 2. Baku and Yerevan have accused each other ofթԹ provoking hostilities that led toթԹ multiple deaths onթԹ both sides.թԹ The parties agreed onթԹ a ceasefire onթԹ April 5.
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