OSCE MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS VISIT STEPANAKERT

20:25, 18 Feb 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan

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.