Russia’s Foreign Ministry: OSCE MG preparing meeting on Karabakh with Baku and Yerevan

Moscow confirms its readiness to assist in the negotiation process between Azerbaijan and Armenia, the topic is still on the agenda, stated on Friday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Maria Zakharova. "We have repeatedly stressed that the fate of Nagorno-Karabakh should be solved through negotiations, she said.  We reaffirm our readiness as an international mediator with the OSCE Minsk Group to provide assistance to all parties," reports TASS.

"On the agenda  of the Foreign Ministry, contacts at the level of the Ministry priority is given to this topic," added Zakharova. Meeting  of co-chairs of the Minsk Group on Nagorno-Karabakh can be held in the coming weeks, she said, commenting on the possibility of holding a meeting with the participation of the OSCE Minsk Group. " Active work is going on currently  on this issue, and the decision to hold the exact date has not been made, she said. The talk is about the next few weeks."

"However, it is too early to speak on the format," she concluded. -02D-