Germany’s Steinmeier calls for urgent peace over Karabakh

Germany’s foreign minister voiced the OSCE’s concerns over the developments in Nagorno-Karabakh, calling for urgent efforts towards strengthening peace on the frontline.
In a speech at the organization’s Ministerial Council, Frank Walter Steienmeier highlighted particularly the heavy fighting in April as a real hazard. “The discussions demonstrate how urgent it is to strengthen the ceasefire; hence, we must properly continue the negotiations to settle the [conflict],”  he said.
Steienmeier, whose country this year assumed the OSCE presidency, said the organization will continue assisting in the Minsk Group efforts towards achieving peace.
“My impression is that we need to improve the humanitarian situation to build trustworthy relations and security,” he said, stressing the importance of further action.