Co-Chairs of the OSCE MG about meeting with Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan

 On January 28, 2013, the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk  Group (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Jacques Faure of  France, and Ian Kelly of the United States of America) met jointly with the  Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, Elmar Mammadyarov, and the Foreign Minister  of Armenia, Edward Nalbandian. Also participating in the meeting was the  Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej  Kasprzyk.

The Co-Chairs continued discussions with the Ministers on the working  proposal to advance the peace process, which they submitted to the sides in  October 2012. They also exchanged views on possible confidence building  measures.

The Co-Chairs referred to their statements of April 14, 2011 and July 13,  2012, and discussed with the Ministers issues pertaining to civilian flights  to and from the airport in Nagorno-Karabakh.

The Foreign Ministers and the Co-Chairs stressed the importance of the OSCE  Minsk Group as the framework for negotiating a settlement of the  Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The Foreign Ministers reiterated their support  for a peaceful settlement and their determination to continue negotiations.   The Ministers and the Co-Chairs agreed to a further discussion of the peace process in the coming weeks. -0-