OSCE MG CO-CHAIRS TO MEET ARMENIAN, AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTERS IN EUROPE IN COMING DAYS

PanARMENIAN.Net
May 6, 2010 – 15:00 AMT 10:00 GMT

The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Yuri Merzlyakov of
Russia, Bernard Fassier of France, and Robert Bradtke of the United
States, released the following statement:

"The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs (Ambassador Yuri Merzlyakov, the
Russian Federation; Ambassador Bernard Fassier, France; Ambassador
Robert Bradtke, United States; incoming Russian Co-Chair Ambassador
Igor Popov) briefed the OSCE Minsk Group in Vienna May 5 on the
current status of negotiations, and thanked them for their continued
support for the Co-Chairs’ efforts. They underscored the commitment
of the parties to make progress on the elaboration of a settlement
based on the Madrid Principles as well as the elements contained in
the joint statement issued by Presidents of the Co-Chair countries
at the L’Aquila Summit of the Eight July 10, 2009.

In his last trip to Vienna as the Russian Co-Chair, Ambassador
Merzlyakov formally introduced Ambassador Popov to the Minsk Group as
the new Russian Co-Chair. The Co-Chairs expect to meet the Azerbaijani
and Armenian foreign ministers in Europe in the coming days to discuss
how to move negotiations forward."