OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs meet with President Sarkisian on March 27 in Yerevan (Photo: Press Office of the President of Armenia)
YEREVAN—Armenian Serzh Sarkisian received the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Igor Popov of Russia, Stephane Visconti of France and Richard Hoagland of United States, and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk on March 27 in Yerevan.
According to the Armenian presidential press service, the meeting discussed the peaceful settlement of the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) Republic as well as the current situation along the Artsakh-Azerbaijani border—also known as the Line of Contact.
The Co-Chairs briefed Sarkisian on the details of their March 10 meetings in Baku.
The sides highlighted the importance of committing to the peaceful settlement of the conflict, as well as the necessity to implement the agreements reached at the Vienna and St. Petersburg summits.
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian was present at the meeting.
Foreign Minister Nalbandian receives Minsk Group Co-Chairs on March 27 (Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia)
Nalbandian met with the Co-Chairs in a separate meeting on Monday and shared the results of their meetings in Azerbaijan.
The interlocutors discussed ways of furthering the Karabakh settlement process, emphasizing the importance of implementation of the agreements reached at Vienna and St. Petersburg summits.
During the March 27 press conference, Hoagland told reporters “In Baku we met with President Aliyev, Foreign Minister Mammadyarov. I cannot say what we have discussed; it is not accepted in diplomacy.â€
