STEPANAKERT. – President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyanon Tuesday received OSCE Minsk group co-chairs Igor Popov (Russian Federation), Jacques Faure (France), James Warlick (USA).

Issues related to resolution of the Azerbaijani-Karabagh conflict and regional processes were discussed during the meeting, NKR presidential press service reported.

The importance of peaceful settlement of the Azerbaijani-Karabagh relations within the frameworks of the OSCE Minsk Group and exclusion of forceful scenarios were mutually underlined.

President Sahakyan considered the restoration of the full-fledged negotiation format with the comprehensive participation of the official Stepanakert and the cessation of Azerbaijan’s aggressive and destructive policy among pivotal preconditions of the process.

NKR Foreign Minister Karen Mirzoyan, personal representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk and other officials were present at the meeting.