OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs issue statement
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Ambassador Bernard Fassier of France, Ambassador Robert Bradtke of the United States and Ambassador Yuri Merzlyakov of the Russian Federation - discuss at a meeting in Vienna on 23 October 2009. (OSCE/Susanna Lööf) Photo details
BAKU, 11 December 2009 - The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs issued the following statement today:
"The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs (Ambassador Yuri Merzlyakov, the Russian Federation; Ambassador Bernard Fassier, France; Ambassador Robert Bradtke, United States) 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."