OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs cross contact line of Azerbaijani, Armenian armies

OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Robert Bradtke (USA), Igor Popov (Russia), Bernard Fassier (France) and Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk ended their meetings in Barda region of Azerbaijan and crossed the contact line on Wednesday.

The Co-Chairs crossed the contact line to the opposite side in direction of Aghdere region of Azerbaijan and later they will visit Khankendi.

The Co-Chairs are planning to hold meetings in Khankendi on Wednesday and in Yerevan on Thursday. French Co-Chair Bernard Fassier said they would issue a statement on the results of their visit. The Co-Chairs met with the President of Azerbaijan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and leaders of the Public Union of Azerbaijani Community of Nagorno Karabakh in Baku yesterday.

They visited Barda region of Azerbaijan and met with the local authorities today and got information about the situation in the region. Bernard Fassier told journalists that they got very interesting information from the primary sources.


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