YEREVAN. – Foreign minister Ararat Mirzoyan of Armenia on Monday received the US Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, Andrew Schofer, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.

The interlocutors exchanged views on starting negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan on reaching a comprehensive peace agreement. In this context, FM Mirzoyan emphasized the mediating role of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs.

The implementation of agreements on the establishment of a commission on Armenia-Azerbaijan border delimitation and border security was highlighted, too.

Also, Ararat Mirzoyan briefed Andrew Schofer on the present-day situation in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). The parties discussed in detail the humanitarian issues that have arisen as a result of the 44-day Artsakh war in the fall of 2020—in particular, the immediate release and returning of Armenian prisoners of war and other detainees in Azerbaijan, and the preservation of Armenian cultural and religious heritage in areas that are now under Azerbaijani control.