OSCE MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS EXPECT TO MEET ARMENIAN AND AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTERS IN EUROPE

Panorama.am
16:15 06/05/2010

Politics

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) released a statement today after they briefed the OSCE
Minsk Group in Vienna May 5 on the current status of negotiations, and
voiced hope to meet the Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers in
Europe in the coming days to discuss how to move negotiations forward,
according to the OSCE official website.

The Co-Chairs underscored the commitment of the parties to make
progress on the elaboration of a settlement based on the Madrid
Principles.

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.