Baku informed about its foreign minister’s readiness to meet with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group co-chairs.

“Azerbaijan’s foreign minister is ready to meet with the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs in the near future, in order to begin comprehensive and substantive talks, as noted during the Vienna meeting,” Hikmat Hajiyev, spokesperson for Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry, told APA news agency of Azerbaijan.

He noted this commenting on OSCE Minsk Group US Co-Chair James Warlick’s statement that the co-chairs intend to meet with the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, prior to the June meeting of the presidents of the two countries.

Warlick earlier had said in a statement to APA that the co-chairs hope to meet with the Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers, in preparation for the June summit, as agreed on by the presidents.