OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs welcomed Azerbaijan’s release of one Armenian serviceman, Trend reports citing the statement of the Co-Chairs.

The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Stephane Visconti of France, Andrew Schofer of the United States of America, and Igor Khovaev of the Russian Federation) made statement, Trend reports citing the OSCE.

New co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group from Russia Igor Khovaev will visit the South Caucasus, Spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said at the weekly briefing, Trend reports on Sept. 2.

Cooperation between Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan is important for sustainable peace and development in the South Caucasus, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Ann Linde said, Trend reports.

The activity of the OSCE Minsk Group in the form desirable for Armenia and France is impossible, Darya Grevtsova, political analyst and Deputy Director of the Russian Institute of Socio-Political Research, told Trend.

OSCE’s main objectives of cooperation with Turkmenistan in 2021 include promoting renewable energy, energy security and environmental protection, Head of OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, Ambassador John MacGregor told Trend.

Humanitarian issues remain after the ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Ann Linde said, Trend reports.

Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE Ann Linde welcomed the provision of maps about the location of 92,000 mines in Azerbaijan’s Fuzuli and Zangilan districts by Armenia in exchange for the transfer of 15 arrested Armenians, Trend reports citing Ann Linde's Twitter page.

OSCE field missions should continue to provide support to the countries in which they operate, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde said, Trend reports.

The OSCE will continue to support confidence-building measures in the South Caucasus, Swedish Foreign Minister, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Ann Linde said during a press conference, Trend reports on June 29.