Minsk Group Co-Chairs issue statement on outcomes of their visit to region

“The Co-Chairs will continue consultations with the sides in the weeks ahead, in preparation for high level meetings”

 

The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group has issued a statement on the outcomes of their recent visit to the region. APA reports quoting the OSCE’s website that the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Jacques Faure of France, and James Warlick of the United States of America and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, travelled to Baku and Yerevan February 4-5.

 

The statement says: “They emphasized the need to continue negotiations at the highest level, as was agreed in Vienna. In their talks, the Co-Chairs reiterated their deep concern over the recent escalation on the Line of Contact and the border, and called on the sides to exercise restraint in their actions and rhetoric. The sides stated their intention to strengthen observance of the ceasefire and avoid further escalation, particularly in light of the upcoming Olympic Games in Sochi. The Co-Chairs will continue consultations with the sides in the weeks ahead, in preparation for high level meetings.”

 

Apa.az