OSCE Working on Mechanism to Investigate Incidents in Karabakh?

The establishment of mechanisms to investigate incidents in the Karabakh conflict zone continues in Vienna, the French Ambassador to Armenia Jean-François Charpentier said.

If the statement after the latest meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents says nothing about these mechanisms, it does not mean anything.

"According to the data that I have received, active work is underway in Vienna on the establishment of these mechanisms. I have no information that this question is ignored," the Ambassador said at a press conference.

Charpentier said the question of establishing these mechanisms was pivotal to the Vienna meeting of the Presidents, and France supports the issue and will do its best to assist its promotion.

Establishment of mechanisms for monitoring and investigation of incidents in the conflict zone will lead to an increase in the level of trust and "shed light" on the events of April this year, he said.

These mechanisms will primarily involve empowerment and increased opportunities of tthe Office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman Andrzej Kasprzyk and mechanisms will be established for the entire length of the contact line.

Clarifying the term "mechanisms," Charpentier said it is "about placing people." "We are not talking about placing peacekeepers and mean significant increase in the monitoring contingent," the Ambassador said, declining to detail the answer.

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has not yet commented on the statement of the French Ambassador. The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group have not yet made any statements on the matter either. -02D-