As regards Nagorno-Karabakh specifically, the EU continues to support the mediation efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group, including recent statements by the Presidents of the Minsk Group Chair countries urging the leaders of all the sides to recommit to the Helsinki principles, particularly those relating to the non-use of force or the threat of force, territorial integrity, and equal rights and self-determination of peoples, spokesperson of Catherine Ashton said.
She also noted that the EU supports appeals to avoid actions or rhetoric that could raise tension in the region and lead to escalation of the conflict. The EU stands ready to provide enhanced support for confidence building measures, in support of and in full complementarity with the Minsk Group, with the view to facilitating further steps towards the implementation of peace, Kocijancic said.
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