On February 10, Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan received the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Robert Bradtke, Bernard Fassier, Igor Popov and Personal Representative of the Chairman-in-Office Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk.

Seyran Ohanyan presented the current situation in the Karabakh conflict zone and stressed the Armenian side is strictly committed to the ceasefire regime. The minister expressed his concern about the violations of the armistice by the Azerbaijani side, particularly the intensification of sniper activities.

Ohanyan also expressed concern over the agreement on exchange of hostages reached in Astrakhan, stressing the Azerbaijani side fulfills it incompletely and hinders the process, press service of defense Ministry informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.

The sides agreed on the importance of maintaining the ceasefire regime and confidence-building measures.