Yerevan Discusses With Baku The Conditions For Disbanding The OSCE Minsk Group

The Minsk Group was established in 1992 for a settlement in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Armenia and Azerbaijan are actively discussing the conditions for the dissolution of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group on Nagorno-Karabakh settlement, Nazeli Baghdasaryan - spokeswoman for Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan - said on Monday, July 21.

"As for the dissolution of the Minsk Group mechanisms and possible pre-signing of a peace agreement, this is a clear agenda for the Republic of Armenia, and active discussions are underway on the conditions under which this can happen," she told the "Armenpress" agency.

Azerbaijan is in favor of the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group

The OSCE Minsk Group was established in 1992 to settle Nagorno-Karabakh. The group is co-chaired by Russia, the United States and France. It also includes Germany, Belarus, Italy, Turkey, Finland, Sweden, as well as Azerbaijan and Armenia themselves.

The dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group is one of Azerbaijan's two preconditions for signing a peace treaty with Armenia. Pashinyan, speaking in parliament in April, proposed that Baku simultaneously sign both a peace agreement and a statement on the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group. Its activities have been effectively suspended since 2022, as its co-chairs have stopped interacting.

The second condition the Azerbaijani side calls for is that the Armenian Constitution be amended to remove from its Article 1 the reference to the Declaration of Independence adopted in 1990. At the beginning of this declaration there is a reference to the joint resolution of the Armenian SSR and Nagorno-Karabakh "On Reunification" of 1989. Baku considers it as territorial claims, which Yerevan categorically denies.

"As for the issue related to the Constitution, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia has repeatedly stated that if after the signing of the peace agreement the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia recognizes it as contradictory to the Constitution, the Prime Minister himself will initiate amendments to the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia," Baghdasaryan said.

But, according to her, there are no grounds for amendments at the moment, as the Constitutional Court of Armenia in September 202 will recognize it as contradictory to the Constitution. Following the meeting, the sides agreed to continue the dialog on the way to the conclusion of the peace treaty agreed upon back in March.

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