YEREVAN—The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Igor Popov of Russia, Stephane Visconti of France, and Andrew Schofer of the United States arrived in Armenia and were greeted by Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, who posted on Twitter.
Mnatsakanyan reaffirmed Armenia’s position on the negotiation process by emphasizing that Armenia is committed to an exclusively peaceful resolution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict within the framework of the OSCE MG co-chairmanship. Joining the diplomats was Andrzej Kasprzyk, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office.
FM @ZMnatsakanyan received #OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs. Arm FM reaffirmed #Armenia’s approaches and position on negs process by emphasizing that #Armenia is committed to exclusively peaceful stlment of #NagornoKarabakh issue within framework of OSCE MG co-chairmanship pic.twitter.com/SU9kGNedyz
— MFA of Armenia (@MFAofArmenia) June 12, 2018
Ahead of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairmen’s visit, Armenia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan on Tuesday reiterated the government’s position to include Artsakh in the negotiation process, saying that “if Azerbaijan wants progress, it should directly negotiate with Stepanakert.â€
