The OSCE Minsk Group, mediating a settlement to the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Karabakh, has issued a statement on its meeting in Vienna.
The statement said that the mediators expect to meet the Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers in the near future, without specifying a date and location.
The statement, issued today by the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, said: ’The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs (Ambassador Yury Merzlyakov, the Russian Federation; Ambassador Bernard Fassier, France; Ambassador Robert Bradtke, United States; incoming Russian Co-Chair Ambassador Igor Popov) briefed the OSCE Minsk Group in Vienna on 5 May on the current status of negotiations, and thanked them for their continued support for the co-chairs’ efforts. They underscored the commitment of the parties to make progress on the elaboration of a settlement based on the Madrid Principles as well as the elements contained in the joint statement issued by presidents of the co-chair countries at the L’Aquila Summit of the Eight [G8] on 10 July 2009.
’In his last trip to Vienna as the Russian co-chair, Ambassador Merzlyakov formally introduced Ambassador Popov to the Minsk Group as the new Russian co-chair. The co-chairs expect to meet the Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers in Europe in the coming days to discuss how to move negotiations forward.’
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