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OSCE Chair-in-Office, Malta’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism Ian Borg, today announced the selection of Switzerland to chair the OSCE in 2026, the OSCE said in a statement, Report informs.

In this context, Armenia's position to maintain the formal existence of the former Minsk process institutions of OSCE, which has lost their relevance, ended their activities, and lost their functionality in emerging new realities, continues to seriously question this country's commitment to the normalization

Mdinaradze believes that the opposition won't be able to use the ODIHR/OSCE conclusion [on the October 26 parliamentary elections] for speculation.

Huseynaliyev also emphasized that Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev, in an interview with Russian media, outlined conditions for normalizing relations with Armenia - abandoning territorial claims against Azerbaijan and helping to eliminate the OSCE Minsk Group.

Our second condition is the abolition of the OSCE Minsk Group. Since this issue is decided by consensus, it is formally impossible to do it without Armenia's consent. Although the OSCE Minsk Group has not been functional for a long time, it still formally exists.

The analyst recalled the words of Steve Mann, the American co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, said in 2005. When asked about the timing of reaching a peace agreement, he laconically replied: "Either this year or within the next 100 years." Krikorian said these words still resonate in his memory.

Best wishes were extended to OSCE Secretary General F. Sinirlioglu in his responsible activities."

"The parties exchanged views on the talks and discussions held within the framework of the 31st meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Malta.

If Armenia has no territorial claims against Azerbaijan, then Yerevan should not insist on maintaining the OSCE Minsk Group, Farid Shafiyev, chairman of the Board of the Center for Analysis of International Relations (CAIR), told journalists, Report informs.

The Secretary General was informed about Azerbaijan's emphasis on cooperation with the OSCE. The parties exchanged views on various issues and prospects of the cooperation agenda within the OSCE framework.