Edward Nalbandian receives Minsk Group Co-chairs

On March 16, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian received Co-chairs of OSCE Minsk Group Bernard Fassier, Robert Bradtke, Igor Popov and Personal Representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk, MFA press office reports.

The sides talked about the tripartite presidential meeting held in Sochi on March 5. Edward Nalbandian expressed the hope that some progress will be possible in the negotiation process, with the agreements reached during the meeting.

The Minister drew attention to the constant provocations on the contact line and violations of the ceasefire regime by Azerbaijan noting that they hinder creation of a positive environment in the negotiation process and added that Azerbaijan’s consent to the calls of the MG Co-chairs and the international community to withdraw the snipers from the contact line and to reinforce the ceasefire regime would boost the peaceful process.

The Co-chairs presented the results of their meetings in Baku.