On July 18, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met with the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs Bernard Fassier (France), Igor Popov (Russia) and Robert Bradtke (USA) and Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk.

At the meeting, the parties focused on current stage of Karabakh conflict settlement negotiations, presidential press service reported.

On July 8, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov handed over a personal message and proposals of RF President Dmitry Medvedev to Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev.

At June 24 meeting in Kazan, the Presidents of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia failed to sign an agreement on basic principles of Karabakh conflict settlement.

As Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian noted later, despite the OSCE MG co-chairs’ efforts, Azerbaijan was not ready to accept the final version of basic principles, presenting ten new amendments at the last moment.