The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs plan to visit region in the near future, Trend News reports referring the OSCE website.

“The goal of the Co-Chairs’ visit is to continue discussions on the basis of basic principles, based on the positive momentum of the Sochi meeting,” the OSCE said.

The sides will also discuss specific measures on fulfilling the obligations assumed in Sochi related to the investigation of ceasefire violations with the participation of all sides.

On March 5, Sochi hosted the meetings of Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev, through the mediation of RF President Dmitry Medevdev.

After the discussions on the practical implementation of the trilateral Declaration adopted on October 27, 2010 in Astrakhan, in addition to the steps specified in the above mentioned Declaration, the Presidents agreed to take the following confidence building measures:

1. To conclude in the shortest possible period of time the exchange of the prisoners of war,

2. To strive to solve all contentious issues through peaceful means and to conduct along the cease-fire line an investigation with the participation of the parties under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs and with the assistance of the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office regarding probable incidents.
The Presidents stressed the importance of their regular meetings on the resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and agreed to continue them in the present format and further to the activities of the OSCE Minsk Group.