Baku / 30.05.19 / Turan: The Head of State Ilham Aliyev received on Thursday the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Stefan Visconti (France), Igor Popov (Russia) and Andrew Schofer (USA). Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk also participated in the meeting, the President"s website reports.
During the meeting, issues of the Karabakh settlement were discussed. Details are not reported.
Before the visit to Azerbaijan, the co-chairs visited Armenia. -06D-
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