President of Armenia <b> Serzh Sargsyan </b> met with OSCE Chairman and Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan <b> Kanat Saudabayev </b>, currently on a regional visit in Yerevan. Serzh Sargsyan welcomed Kazakhstan's presidency in OSCE and expressed satisfaction with the current level of cooperation and political dialogue between Yerevan and Astana. Serzh Sargsyan expressed hope that during Kazakhstan's chairmanship bilateral cooperation in various fields to be expanded.

In turn, the <b> OSCE </b> Chairman expressed gratitude to Yerevan for supporting to Kazakhstan's chairmanship and presented the priorities of Astana's presidency, including OSCE heads of states summitt.

Resolution of the Karabakh problem should provide answers to real causes and consequences of the Karabakh problem, Armenian president said.

According to Kanat Saudabayev, it is difficult to resolve protracted conflicts in a short time, but Kazakhstan will try during its presidency to be useful to OSCE MG efforts. The removal of snipers from the front lines of the conflict zone can become an important step on the way to Karabakh problem resolution, and OSCE will make every effort in that direction, RA president's office reported.