On March 16, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian received the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs - Robert Bradtke (U.S.), Bernard Fassier (France) and Igor Popov (Russia) and Personal Representative of the Chairman-in-Office Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk,

The officials discussed the results of the Armenian, Azerbaijani and Russian Presidents’ meeting in Sochi on March 5, the press service of Armenian Foreign Office informed Armenian News-NEWS.am. Edward Nalbandian expressed hope a progress will be achieved in the negotiations process based on the reached agreements between the Presidents.

The Armenian FM brought the provocations and ceasefire violations by the Azerbaijani side in the line of contact to the mediator’s attention and noted they hinder to create a favorable atmosphere in the negotiation process. He emphasized the peace process will advance if Azerbaijan agrees to the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs’ proposal to withdraw snipers from the frontline and strengthen the ceasefire regime.

The mediators presented Edward Nalbandian the results of their Baku meetings.