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Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb.10 / Trend V. Zhavoronkova /
The OSCE Minsk Group's mission is to promote current efforts to try to achieve the approval of the "basic principles" of peaceful resolution of the conflict, French Co-chairman of the Minsk Group Bernard Fassier told journalists after arriving in Baku.
Prior to the visit to Azerbaijan mediators held meetings in Yerevan.
"In Armenia we met with the President, as well as the foreign and defense ministers. We plan to meet with the Azerbaijani President and Foreign Minister, and if it will be possible with the Defense Minister in Baku tomorrow," Fassier said.
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen, Robert Bradtke from the United States, Bernard Fassier from France, and Igor Popov from Russia arrived in Azerbaijan on Thursday.
Elmar Mammadyarov, Edward Nalbandian and Sergei Lavrov held talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution in Moscow on Jan. 25.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.