Kyrgyzstan ready to act as mediator in regulation of conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia

AKIPRESS.COM - The Foreign Ministry of Kyrgyzstan expressed concerns over tension between Azerbaijan and Armenia in the statement issued on September 28.
"The Kyrgyz Republic calls upon both sides for restraint and stands for exceptionally peaceful regulation of the conflict through the talks with respect of principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity," the statement said.
"The Kyrgyz Republic stands for development of constructive suggestions for search of ways to settle disputes and is ready to provide assistance to Azerbaijan and Armenia in finding ways to resolve the conflict on the basis of the historic experience of signing Bishkek protocol of 1994," the statement concluded.
Bishkek protocol is the statement calling for ceasefire made during the Karabakh War (1992-1994) and signed by attendees of the meeting held at the initiative of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly, Parliament of Kyrgyzstan, Federal Assembly and Foreign Ministry of Russia. The delegations of Azerbaijan, Armenia and unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, CIS Interparliamentary Assembly Council and mediation missions partook in the meeting.
The protocol was signed on 5 May 1994 in Bishkek. The document with some changes was signed on 8 May 1994 in Baku. Between May 9-11, 1994, the agreement on ceasefire since 12 May 1994 was signed.