OSCE MG working on meeting of Azerbaijani, Armenian FMs

By Azernews

By Rashid Shirinov

The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs are working to organize next meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers, U.S. Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Richard Hoagland told Trend on February 1.

“My fellow co-chairs and I are currently discussing in principle when the ministers might next meet in the future and the most appropriate time for our next co-chair trip to the region,” he said.

Hoagland added that he looks forward to the opportunity to make visits to Azerbaijan and Armenia.

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has earlier said there is a plan to hold a meeting with the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs at the Munich Security Conference to be held on February 17-19.

Azerbaijan and Armenia for over two decades have been locked in conflict, which emerged over Armenian territorial claims. Since the 1990s war, Armenian armed forces have occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions. The UN Security Council has adopted four resolutions on Armenian withdrawal, but they have not been enforced to this day.

While the OSCE Minsk Group acts as the only mediator in resolution of the conflict, it failed to make any move to achieve a breakthrough in the peace process so far.