OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs issue statement

MOSCOW, 22 April 2010 - The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Yuri Merzlyakov of Russia, Bernard Fassier of France, and Robert Bradtke of the United States, released the following statement today:

The Minsk Group Co-Chairs (Ambassador Yuri Merzlyakov, Russian Federation; Ambassador Bernard Fassier, France; Ambassador Robert Bradtke, United States) met in Moscow, Russia April 22 to discuss recent developments, including high level meetings in Washington, Baku, and Moscow. They consider these meetings as providing a new impetus to the advancement of a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on the basis of the Madrid Principles. The Co-Chairs will travel to Vienna in early May to brief the Minsk Group on these efforts.