Interfax, Russia
Aug 14 2009

New OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen to visit Karabakh conflict zone

BAKU Aug 14

The co-chairmen of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in
Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group are going to make another visit to the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict area, diplomatic sources in Baku said on
Friday.

French mediator Bernard Fassier is planning to visit the region in
early September, they said. Then he will make another visit to the
region as part of the renewed trio of co-chairmen that will also
include representatives from Russia and the United States.

During their visits the co-chairmen will meet with Azeri and Armenian
leaders to discuss further ways of resolving the Karabakh conflict.

U.S. co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group Matthew Bryza has already
stepped down.

The Russian co-chairman could also be replaced, sources said. The
names of their successors are not being disclosed so far, sources
said.