ArmInfo.President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received the OSCE Minsk  Group co-chairs Stephane Visconti of France, Igor Popov of Russia,  Andrew Schofer of the US, as well as Personal Representative of the  OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk.  

ArmInfo. The issues of the Karabakh conflict settlement were discussed in Yerevan by Armenian President Armen Sarkissian and the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group  Igor Popov (Russia), Andrew Scheffer (USA), Stefan Visconti (France)  and Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej  Kasprzyk.

ArmInfo. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group spread the statement on the results of their visits to Yerevan and Baku.

ArmInfo. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met with the co- chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group Igor Popov (Russia), Stefan Visconti (France) and Andrew Shoffer (USA) and Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk, who arrived in Yerevan as part of the regional visit.

ArmInfo.The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Igor Popov (Russia), Stefan Visconti (France) and Andrew Schofer (USA), after meeting with the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan Edward Nalbandian and Elmar Mammedyarov (November 14 and November 16, respectively) issued a statement.

ArmInfo. The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs issued a statement on the completion of their visit to the region, in which they stressed in particular that their mission was  to summarize the results of the organization of the meeting between the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev, and discuss possible issues of the meeting.

ArmInfo.Mr. Andrew J. Schofer, the new U.S. Co- Chair for the OSCE Minsk Group, will pay his first visit to Yerevanand Baku this week to meet with local  officials and to get a firsthand look at the situation on the ground.  Whilein the region, Mr. Schofer will also join his fellow Minsk Group Co-Chairs for high-level meetings.

ArmInfo.The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group on the results of the meeting with the Armenian and Azeri FMs held a joint statement yesterday. The press service of  the OSCE informed ArmInfo about this.  

ArmInfo.Six elements on the settlement of the Nagorno- Karabakh conflict, voiced by former OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair Richard Hoagland, are not new. On August 31,  during a weekly briefing, the official representative of the Russian  Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said, commenting on the statement of  the ex-mediator from the United States.

ArmInfo.The United States formally appointed Andrew Shaffer as the new permanent co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group.

ArmInfo.Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov touched upon the reaction of his Armenian counterpart Edward Nalbandian to the statement of the American  co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group Richard Hoagland on the six elements of the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

ArmInfo.The announcement by US Co-Chair of OSCE Minsk Group Richard Hoagland of six elements on the Karabakh settlement may indicate the desire of the United States to seize the initiative from Russia as the leading mediator in the Karabakh settlement and take a leading role in this process amid the crisis in relations between Moscow and Washington, the director of  the Center for Globalization and Regional Cooperation Stepan Grigoryan  expressed such an opinion during the conversation with ArmInfo correspondent.

ArmInfo.The statement of American co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group Richard Hoagland about the six points of the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict is not an ultimatum, press secretary of NKR president David Babayan said.

ArmInfo.The publication of the six principles for the settlement of Karabakh conflict by  outgoing US co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group Richard Hoagland is in no way connected with yesterday's meeting of the Armenian and Russian leaders Serzh Sargsyan and Vladimir Putin and is not conditioned by the crisis in Russian-American relations. This opinion was expressed  in the conversation with the correspondent of ArmInfo by the vice speaker of the Armenian parliament, press secretary of the ruling Republican Party Eduard Sharmazanov.

ArmInfo.Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbnadyan believes that the American co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Richard Hoagland did not say anything new on the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement.

ArmInfo.There is nothing new or urgent in the elements announced by the US Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Richard Hoagland to resolve the Karabakh conflict. Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesman Tigran Balayan stated this in a conversation with ArmInfo correspondent. Note that on the eve of late at night, the outgoing US Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, Richard Hoagland (who will be replaced by Charge d'Affaires at the US Mission to the International Organizations in Vienna, Andrew Chauffer), published 6 elements on the settlement of the Karabakh conflict. 

ArmInfo.The new OSCE MG co-chair from the United States is Andrew Chaufer.