Russia’s Foreign Minister and OSCE MG discuss further steps on Karabakh settlement

PanARMENIAN.Net - On July 11, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov, as agreed earlier, met with co-chairs of OSCE Minsk Group on Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement Bernard Fassier of France, Robert Bradtke of the United States and Igor Popov of Russia, as well as Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office.

As the Russian Foreign Ministery press service reports, during consultations they discussed issues of further coordination of OSCE MG co-chair countries’ work including results of June 24 Kazan trilateral summit, and following efforts undertaken by Russia, U.S. and France, being mediators in the negotiation process.

On July 8, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov handed over a personal message and proposals of RF President Dmitry Medvedev to Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev.

At June 24 meeting in Kazan, the Presidents of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia failed to sign an agreement on basic principles of Karabakh conflict settlement.

As Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian noted later, despite the OSCE MG co-chairs’ efforts, Azerbaijan was not ready to accept the final version of basic principles, presenting ten new amendments at the last moment.