June 17, 2016 - 17:59 AMT
OSCE MG Co-chairs to participate in presidential meeting on Karabakh

The French Co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Pierre Andrieu on Friday, June 17 confirmed plans to attend the meeting of Russian, Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents in Saint Petersburg on June 20, APA reports.

“As the Russian and American co-chairs, I will participate in this meeting,” Andrieu said.

“We hope that at the summit the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia will restore mutual trust to register progress in resolving the conflict,” the French co-chair said.

Earlier, the U.S. Co-chair James Warlick confirmed his participation in the tripartite meeting in Saint Petersburg.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in St. Petersburg on June 20. Putin will first meet the Presidents separately, the talks will then continue in a trilateral format.