OSCE MG Co-Chairs' upcoming visit to be restricted to Azerbaijan

PanARMENIAN.Net - The upcoming regional visit of OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs will be restricted to Azerbaijan.



Mediators will arrive in Baku by the end of current week. Co-Chairs Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia), Bernard Fassier (France) and Robert Bradtke (U.S.) and personal representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office Anjey Kasprzyk will meet with Azeri President Ilham Aliyev and Foreign Minister Elmar Mamedyarov to conduct talks over Karabakh conflict settlement, APA agency reports.



Mediators will not visit Armenia on account of top leaders' absence from the country. The visit to Yerevan is planned for a later period.



During their visit, diplomats will convey to Azeri and Armenian Presidents a proposal on conducting a new meeting.
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