President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan met Sunday with Co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Robert Bradtke of the US, Yuri Merzlyakov of the Russian Federation and Bernard Fassier of France to discuss the current stage and prospects of the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict settlement. The meeting was also attended by NKR Foreign Minister Georgy Petrosyan and Personal Representative of the OSCE CiO, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk.

Reiterating that comprehensive settlement of the conflict is impossible without full-fledged participation of NKR, Mr. Sahakyan said, "Azerbaijan's destructive approach and its reluctance to take confidence-building measures appear as pivotal hindrances to the conflict settlement."

He also said that independence and security of Artsakh can't be questioned and any attempt to recapture the past is pregnant with unpredictable consequences.

Touching upon normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations, the President emphasized that this process is not linked to Karabakh conflict resolution.