OSCE Minsk Group cochairmen visited Yerevan

The presidents may meet on November 28, on the sideline of the CIS summit in Minsk.

OSCE Minsk Group Russian Cochairman Yuri Merzlyakov and his French counterpart Bernard Fassier met with Armenian President Robert Kocharian and Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian in Yerevan on Tuesday to discuss the meeting agenda. U.S. Cochairman Matthew Bryza could not visit Yerevan because of a busy schedule.

The cochairmen and Kocharian discussed "the current phase of the Karabakh settlement and issues related to a possible meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents at the CIS summit in Minsk," the presidential press service said.

The meeting with the Armenian foreign minister focused on the settlement principles, which were discussed in Brussels on October 14, a source at the Armenian Foreign Ministry told Itar-Tass.