Newly appointed Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group James Warlick plans to visit the region soon.

“I will travel soon to Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Nagorno-Karabakh to begin my efforts to help bring about a settlement,” he tweeted.

Ambassador James Warlick was appointed as the next US Co-Chair of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group in August.

James Warlick most recently served as Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan and lead negotiator for the Bilateral Security Agreement with Afghanistan. He served as Ambassador to Bulgaria from 2009-2012, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs from 2006 to 2009, and Director of the Office of European Security and Political Affairs from 2005 to 2006.