OSCE MG hopes to finalize the Basic Principles for Karabakh peaceful settlement in 2010

PanARMENIAN.Net - The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs issued the following statement today: "The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Ambassador Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia), Ambassador Bernard Fassier (France) Ambassador Robert Bradtke (USA) visited Azerbaijan December 11.



They met with President Ilham Aliyev to follow up on the discussions between President Aliyev and President of Armenia Serzh Sargsian in Munich November 22. As a next step, they also intend to visit Yerevan in early January.



"These visits will prepare the way for further meetings between the two presidents in 2010 to finalize the Basic Principles for the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, " the statement says.
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