On June 9, the Armenian Foreign Affairs Minister Edward Nalbandian received the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Bernard Fassier (France), Robert Bradtke (USA), Igor Popov (Russia) and Andrzej Kasprzyk, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office who arrived in Yerevan within the frameworks of a regional visit.

In the course of the discussion, the Co-Chairs presented the results of the meetings held in Baku and Stepanakert and expressed hope that during the upcoming Kazan Summit progress would be registered in consenting to the basic principles of the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue.

The Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian underlined that Armenia has given a clear answer to the latest version of the basic principles proposed by the three Co-Chairs, and if Azerbaijan is ready to give its unequivocal consent, then it will be possible to register the expected progress in the process of the settlement.

Edward Nalbandian said “whether the Azerbaijani officials’ statements after Deauville, which distort the essence of the negotiation process or present concocted details on peacekeeping forces or other issues, witness Baku’s willingness to give consent without any changes and amendments, about what the Co-Chairs had made a call.”

In the course of the meeting, the sides discussed the preparatory works of the trilateral meeting held to be in Kazan.