November 30, RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan arrived in Athens to participate in the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council.

RA Foreign Minister had meetings with OSCE Co-Chairs Yury Merzlyakov (Russia), Bernard Fassier (France), Robert Bradtke (U.S.) and Personal Representative of the Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk.

Edward Nalbandyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov had dinner, RA MFA Press Service informed NEWS.am. The parties discussed the possibility of NKR statement issuance within the framework of the Council.

Earlier Nalbandyan met with OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Special Representative on Nagorno-Karabakh Goran Lenmarker. The officials discussed recent developments of NKR conflict resolution.

December 1, 2009 the 2-day Ministerial Council starts in Athens. Representatives of the OSCE 56 participating states will meet to discuss the future of European security.