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9 September 2013 - 13:50 AMT

New U.S. co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group starts visit to South Caucasus

The U.S. co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassador James Warlick is currently visiting Baku to further travel to Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh.

This is the first visit of Mr. Warlick, who assumed the post last month, in the capacity of the OSCE MG co-chair.

The Minsk Group spearheads the OSCE's efforts to find a political solution to the conflict in and around Nagorno-Karabakh.

It is co-chaired by France, the Russian Federation and the United States. The OSCE MG co-chairs are Jacques Faure (France), Igor Popov (Russian Federation), James Warlick (USA.)

The permanent members of the Minsk Group include the following participating States: Belarus, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Finland and Turkey as well as Armenia and Azerbaijan and, on a rotating basis, the OSCE Troika.