Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of formally recognising the Republic of Artsakh.

The OSCE Minsk Group is the international forum through which a peaceful settlement to the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan should be reached. We consider that the Basic Principles for a settlement, proposed by the Minsk Group Co-Chairs, provide the basis for a reasonable compromise, taking due account of the relevant OSCE principles governing relations between member states including the principle of Azerbaijani territorial integrity. The UK Government has no plans to recognise the Republic of Artsakh outside of any agreement that is reached between Armenia and Azerbaijan.