Armenian President meets with OSCE MG Co-chairs

PanARMENIAN.Net - On May 12, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met with Co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Robert Bradtke of the United States, Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, and Jacques Faure of France, as well as the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk. Discussion of the current stage and further development of Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement was in focus of the meeting, government’s press service reported.

On May 12, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian also met with OSCE MG Co-chairs and Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk.

Minister Nalbandian named the visit of the co-chairs to Yerevan symbolic since it coincided with the 18th anniversary of the ceasefire agreement.

During the past year, the parties have had several opportunities to approach the conflict resolution, but Azerbaijan opted for regress each time, hindering settlement of the issue, Armenian Minister noted.

“Over the past years, Azerbaijan failed to overcome the temptation to settle the issue by the use of force, further proceeding with its military rhetoric instead of preparing its people for peace. Azerbaijan continues provocative actions at frontier line and purchases large-scale armament thus hampering the conflict resolution process and jeopardizing the fragile peace in the region,” Nalbandian said.

The meeting agenda also comprised implementation of agreements reached at trilateral meeting on January 23 between the presidents of Arm