The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group from France, Bernar Face, and Russia, Yuri Merzlyakov, arrived in Baku on the morning of 22 November. The mission also includes the personal representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Andzey Kasprzyk, Trend reports.
The agreement by the Co-chairs' visit to the region was reached during the 14 November meeting in Brussels of the Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov and Armenia Vardan Oskanyan. The mediators will hold negotiations with the heads of these countries to discuss the final proposals regarding the settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. During the visit, the topic of discussions will be the organization of the meeting of the Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents which is scheduled to take place on 28 November in Minsk.
The American Co-chair of the Minsk Group, Matthew Bryza, will not be included in the mission due to celebrations of the National holiday Thanksgiving Day in the USA.