The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassador Igor Popov of Russia, Bernard Fassier of France, and Robert Bradtke of the United States, released the following statement:

“The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs (Ambassador Bernard Fassier of France; Ambassador Robert Bradtke of the United States; Ambassador Igor Popov of the Russian Federation) met Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov June 4 in Venice to discuss the current stage of negotiations on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

As they did in their May 12 meeting in Brussels with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, the Co-Chairs also assessed next steps in the near future to restore momentum to the peace process.”