Press release

Press release of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs and Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan

Date:
Source:
Minsk Group
Fields of work:
Conflict prevention and resolution

PARIS, 28 October 2012 -  The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group and the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan issued the following press release in Paris on 27 October 2012.

The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Robert Bradtke of the United States of America, Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, and Jacques Faure of France) met jointly on October 27 with the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, Elmar Mammadyarov, and the Foreign Minister of Armenia, Edward Nalbandian.  The Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk also participated in the meeting.

The Co-Chairs stressed to the Ministers the importance of reducing tensions among the parties.  They presented their ideas on a working proposal to advance the peace process.

The Foreign Ministers reiterated their determination to continue working with the Co-Chairs to reach a peaceful settlement.  The Ministers and the Co-Chairs agreed to a further discussion of these ideas during the Co-Chairs’ visit to the region in November.

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