STEPANAKERT, OCTOBER 7, NOYAN TAPAN. On 7 October President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan received co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk group Robert Bradtke (USA), Igor Popov (Russian Federation), Bernard Fassier (France) and accompanying them experts who arrived in the Artsakh Republic within the frameworks of the Minsk Group co-chairmanship field assessment mission. Issues related to the realization of the mission were discussed during the meeting. The Head of the State noted that in Artsakh all conditions were created for carrying out the activities on a proper level. The second phase of the field assessment mission to be realized in the Azerbaijani occupied territories of the Artsakh Republic was touched upon too. Within this context President Sahakyan noted that the Artsakh authorities were anticipating constructive approach also on the part of Baku for successful realization of the mission in the occupied territories of Shahoumyan, Getashen, Martakert and Martouni. Latest developments taking place in the process of Azerbaijani-Karabagh conflict settlement were also discussed during the meeting. The President noted that the anti-Armenian propaganda and destructive steps are continuing in Azerbaijan which greatly hinder the conflict settlement and called on the co-chairs to react to these developments in an appropriate manner. According to the Central Information Department of the Office of the Artsakh Republic President, Foreign minister of the Artsakh Republic Georgy Petrossyan and other officials partook at the meeting.

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