YEREVAN. - Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian today received OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Igor Popov, James Warlick and Pierre Andrieu, as well as Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Andrzej Kasprzyk.

The Co-Chairs briefed the Armenian FM on the meetings they had with the Artsakh authorities in Stepanakert and the Azerbaijani leadership in Baku, Armenian MFA press-service reports. 

Referring to yet another aggression unleashed by Azerbaijan which resulted in numerous casualties, Edward Nalbandian said, "It is apparent to everyone that this offensive was pre-planned and prepared well in advance. Baku used against Nagorno-Karabakh its entire offensive military arsenal, acquired over recent years. We had on numerous occasions warned the international community and the co-chairing countries on what happened. We had alerted that the absence of reaction to Baku’s threat of use of force would result in what we have witnessed these days."

FM Nalbandian also stressed that the large-scale military actions unleashed by Azerbaijan have seriously undermined the negotiation process of Nagorno-Karabakh settlement and the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs. According to the FM, urgent steps are required for stabilizing the situation. The interlocutors exchanged thoughts on the measured taken in this direction.