OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Visit Stepanakert

STEPANAKERT — On 18 February Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan received OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Igor Popov (the Russian Federation), Pierre Andrieu (France), James Warlick (USA) and accompanying them officials.

Issues related to the Azerbaijani-Karabagh conflict settlement and situation along the borderline were discussed during the meeting.

President Sahakyan noted that gross violations of the ceasefire regime by Azerbaijan acquired a new, more negative quality and manifestations, which represented a serious threat to the peace process, the work carried out by the mediators and the maintenance of stability in the region, adding that such a policy could not have any impact on the will and determination of the Artsakh people to build a free, independent state and its strengthen its security on a continuous basis.

NKR minister of foreign affairs Karen Mirzoyan, personal representative of the OSCE chairman-in-office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk and other officials partook in the meeting.