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PARIS, 14 September 2020 – The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Stephane Visconti of France, and Andrew Schofer of the United States of America) held intensive consultations in Paris on September 14. Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office (PRCiO) Andrzej Kasprzyk also participated in the meetings.

The Co-Chairs reviewed the situation in the region with particular focus on new developments following the mid-July violent escalation on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border. The Co-Chairs carefully considered and assessed the private and public messages and concerns of the sides. The Co-Chairs were briefed by the PRCiO on the security situation on the ground and welcomed his concrete preparations for the resumption of monitoring activities.

The Co-Chairs spoke separately by phone with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and invited the ministers to meet individually with the Co-Chairs in person in the coming weeks to further clarify their respective positions, with the aim of resuming serious substantive negotiations without preconditions.

The Co-Chairs remain actively and fully engaged in facilitating negotiations for a peaceful and comprehensive settlement in accordance with their OSCE mandate.

Contacts

United States Mission to the OSCE
Wagramerstrasse 17-19
1220 Vienna
Austria
Office: +43 1 31 339
Fax: +43 1 396 1585
OSCEVienna@state.gov

Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the OSCE
Erzherzog Karl Str. 182
1220 Vienna
Austria
Office: +43 1 280 27 62
Office: +43 1 283 69 92
Fax: +43 1 280 31 90
rfosce@yandex.ru

Permanent Representation of France to the OSCE
Schwarzenbergplatz 16
1010 Vienna
Austria
Office: +43 1 501 82 0
Office: +43 1 501 82 555
Fax: +43 1 501 82 509
secretariat-osce.vienne-dfra@diplomatie.gouv.fr