OSCE MG co-chairs urge both conflicting sides to be constructive in their public statements

The newly-appointed United States' Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Ambassador Robert Bradtke invited French Co-Chair Ambassador Bernard Fassier, Russian Co-Chair Yury Merzlyakov, and Personal Representative of the Chairman-in-Office Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk to Washington D.C. for consultations on Sept. 24.

The Co-Chairs met with Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Senior Director for European Affairs at the National Security Council and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Tina Kaidanow.

The Co-Chairs met on Sept. 25 in New York with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan as part of the UN General Assembly.

The two foreign ministers and the co-chairs reaffirmed a commitment to negotiations based on the Basic Principles, and discussed upcoming travel of the Co-Chairs to the region in early Oct.

As agreed in Moscow July 18, the Co-Chairs will travel to Armenia and Azerbaijan to prepare for a proposed meeting between President Aliyev and President Sargsyan in Chisinau as part of the of the CIS Summit.

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