On 15 January, the Armenian President Robert Kocharian received the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Yuri Merzlakov ( Russia), Matthew Bryza ( United States) and Bernard Fassier ( France), who arrived in Yerevan within the framework of a regional visit.
Andzey Kasprzyk, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, also participated in the meeting, the Press Service of the Armenian President reported to Novosti-Armenia. The issues regarding the current stage of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict were discussed at the meeting.
The co-chairs arrived in Yerevan on 14 January. On 16 January, they will head for Nagorno-Karabakh and will return to Yerevan on 17 January.
On 13-14 January the co-chairs visited Baku.
The negotiations on peaceful settling of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict have been held within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group since 1992.