YEREVAN, OCTOBER 25, ARMENPRESS. Defense Minister of Armenia Vigen Sargsyan received on October 25 the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, James Warlick of the United States of America, and Pierre Andrieu of France) and Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk who are in Armenia on a regional visit.

As “Armenpress” was informed from the press service of the Defense Ministry of Armenia, at the request of the Co-chairs Vigen Sargsyan briefed on the military-political aspects of the negotiation process and the current situation on the contact line of Karabakh-Azerbaijan opposing armies.

Minister Sargsyan informed that after the military operations of April Azerbaijan continues to destabilize the situation on the contact line, the number of shootings rises and the caliber of the weapons used becomes larger, claiming new lives. Vigen Sargsyan stated that for recoding progress in the negotiation process Armenia highlights the unconditional respect for the ceasefire and confidence building between the opposing sides.

The sides also exchanged ideas over continuing the negotiation process based on the Vienna and St. Petersburg agreements reached between the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan and ways to expand the operational capacities of Ambassador Kasprzyk.

At the end of the meeting Defense Minister Sargsyan thanked the OSCE French Co-chair Pierre Andrieu for his effective mediation efforts during the last two years and wished success in his future career.