OSCE Minsk group discusses Karabakh conflict settlement in Yerevan

Co-chairs – Yuri Merzlyakov of Russia, Bernard Facier of France and Steven Mann of the U.S. - are accompanied by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin, Director General for Political and Security Affairs of France Stanislas Lefebvre de Laboulaye and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Daniel Fried.

According to Itar-Tass, earlier on Thursday, they met with Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian.

"Our joint mission is an extraordinary event. It shows that we are serious in our intention to settle the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and are confident that we’ve entered such a stage, where it is possible to reach a mutually advantageous agreement," they said in a joint statement on Wednesday.

"It will depend only on Azerbaijan and Armenia whether we'll reach such an agreement or not," they said. "The conflict should be settled only by peaceful means."

All meetings and talks in Yerevan are held behind closed doors. The co-chairs are expected to make a short public statement later in the day.