July 23, 2009 - 12:46 AMT
Russia, U.S. to appoint new OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs
Russia and the United States will appoint new Co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group dealing with the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.

The designates are not made public yet, said Ambassador Yuri Merzlyakov, the current OSCE MG Co-Chair from Russia.

The regular meeting in Krakow late July is supposed go be the last held by the current Co-chairs.

Matthew Bryza has been mediating in the OSCE MG since 2006. Yuri Merzlyakov assumed the post in 2003.

France has not announced intention to change its mediator yet.