YEREVAN. - President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan on Tuesday received OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier, who has arrived in Armenia to discuss the opportunities and prospects for continuing the Armenian-OSCE cooperation.

President Sargsyan welcomed the guest, lauding his cooperation with Armenia as an OSCE Secretary General.

Mr Zannier expressed regret over the suspension of the mandate of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, noting that the organization is nevertheless willing and interested in continuing the further cooperation with Armenia.

The interlocutors expressed satisfaction with the involvement of Armenia in all the platforms of the OSCE activity and discussed the opportunities for deepening and expanding the cooperation in other formats.

During the meeting, reference was also made to the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group.