Minsk Group Co-Chairs to participate in the meeting of Armenian, Russian, Azeri Presidents

The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group have confirmed their participation in the forthcoming meeting of the Armenian, Russian and Azerbaijani Presidents in Saint Petersburg.

ā€œThe co-chairs expect the sides to follow up on the outcomes of the May 16 meeting in Vienna, the US co-chair James Warlick toldĀ APA.

ā€œI look forward to attending the June 20 meeting as the US Minsk Group co-chair. Specifically, we are hopeful the sides will finalize an agreement to implement anĀ OSCEĀ investigative mechanism and agree to resume negotiations on a comprehensive settlement,ā€ said Warlick.

ā€œAs the Russian and American co-chairs, I will participate in this meeting,ā€ French Co-Chair Pierre Andrieu said. Ā ā€œOur expectations of course are great, we hope that during the summit the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia will restore mutual trust and make progress to resolve the conflict,ā€ the he said.

OSCE Acting Spokesperson Natacha Rajakovic had said earlier that the OSCE was not involved in the organization of the three-party summit in Nagorno Karabakh.