The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group released a joint statement on the meetings of the Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents in Vienna and St. Petersburg.

“The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, James Warlick of the United States of America, and Pierre Andrieu of France) call on the sides to honour the agreements which were reflected in the Joint Statements of the 16 May summit in Vienna and the 20 June summit in St. Petersburg. We urge Azerbaijan and Armenia to remove all remaining obstacles to expanding the mission of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk. We also urge progress in substantive talks and on a proposal to establish an OSCE investigative mechanism,” reads the statement.

The co-chairs also note that they will continue their engagement with the sides to advance all of these outcomes from the last two meetings between the Presidents.