Interfax, Russia
Jan 20 2010

Armenian foreign ministers, Minsk Group co-chairmen discuss Karabakh

YEREVAN Jan 20

Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian has met with the
co-chairmen of the OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in
Europe) Minsk Group, Robert Bradtke (the United States), Yury
Merzlyakov (Russia) and Bernard Fassier (France), who mediate the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

The Tuesday meeting focused on the Karabakh conflict resolution, the
Armenian Foreign Ministry’s press office told Interfax.

The meeting was also attended by Personal Representative of the OSCE
chairman-in-office Andrzej Kasprzyk.

The meeting between the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen and President
Serzh Sargsyan is due on Wednesday, Armenian President’s Press
Secretary Samvel Farmanian said on Tuesday.

U.S. co-chairman Bradtke arrived in Armenia before his Russian and
French colleagues, who arrived in Yerevan last Monday evening. Bradtke
met with the Armenian president and foreign minister in Yerevan late
last week.

Bradtke also visited Nagorno-Karabakh, where he met with leader of the
breakaway republic Bako Saakian.