Territorial integrity is the only principle, on which we base during settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Daniel Fried, the US Assistant Secretary of State, said in briefing within the framework of the OSCE ministerial on 5 Dec, Mediamax reported.
"There are other principles, as well and the Minsk Group targets to unite all principles to avoid debates and to achieve the settlement of the conflict. The Minsk Group has made several concrete proposals, for instance, withdrawal of snipers from contact line. We should avoid creation of any rhetoric threat and instead of discussion of theoretical issues, I am urging all co-chairmen of the Minsk Group, as well as the Armenian and Azerbaijani governments to work over achievement of settlement, which never has been so close," Fried stated.