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Statement by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group

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

BRUSSELS, 12 July 2017 - The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassador Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Ambassador Stephane Visconti of France, and Ambassador Richard Hoagland of the United States of America) met on 11 July with the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov and the Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian to discuss modalities of further work on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, also participated in the meeting.

The Ministers agreed to pass to their Presidents the Co-Chairs’ proposal for a high-level meeting later this year. The Co-Chairs offered their assistance in organizing this meeting.

The current situation on the Line of Contact was also discussed.

The Ministers and the Co-Chairs agreed to meet again in New York in September on the margins of the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly.


Contacts

United States Mission to the OSCE

United States Mission to the OSCE

Wagramerstrasse 17-19
1220 Vienna
Austria

Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the OSCE

Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the OSCE

Erzherzog Karl Str. 182
1220 Vienna
Austria

Permanent Representation of France to the OSCE

Permanent Representation of France to the OSCE

Schwarzenbergplatz 16
1010 Vienna
Austria