On July 10, Minister Oskanian met with OSCE Minsk Group co-Chairs Yuri Merzlyakov and Bernard Fassier, as well as Elizabeth Rood of the US State Department. Andrzej Kasprzyk, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman in Office also took part in the meeting. 

They assessed the outcome of the June 9 meeting between Armenia’s and Azerbaijan’s presidents, who had met in St. Petersburg to discuss the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.

The co-Chairs and the Minister also discussed possible ways to bring the positions of the Armenian and Azerbaijani sides closer, and how to move forward in the negotiating process.