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1 December 2010 - 07:58 AMT

Dmitry Medvedev: use of force absolutely unacceptable

The use of force to resolve conflicts is absolutely unacceptable, Russian President stated.

“The OSCE should develop common principles to settle conflicts which should be applied permanently and without selection,” Dmitry Medvedev said when addressing the OSCE Summit in Astana, Kazakhstan.

President Medvedev stated that those universal principles should be “disavowal of the use of force, respect for existing negotiation formats and residents of conflict areas.”

However, despite calls for non-use of force, Azerbaijan continues ignoring the opinion of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs and encourages frequent violations of the ceasefire at the line of contact with the Karabakh armed forces. Moreover, Azerbaijani top officials constantly threaten to unleash a new far.