Ambassador Ian Kelly named US acting co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group
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17:26 – 23.12.12
US Ambassador Robert Bradtke has finished his term as the US OSCE
Minsk Group co-chair last week, the press-service of the US embassy in
Azerbaijan told Trend on Sunday.
Ambassador Ian Kelly was named as U.S.co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group
on an interim basis on Dec. 21, pending the appointment of a new
permanent co-chair, the report says.
The US embassy said the Department of State is grateful to Ambassador
Bradtke for over three years of service as the US co-chair and wishes
him well in his future endeavors.
“The United States remains fully committed to its role as US co-chair
and to helping the sides to find a peaceful, negotiated solution to
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,” the report noted.
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs are Igor Popov (Russia) and Jacques Faure (France).