STEPANAKERT, APRIL 30, NOYAN TAPAN. On 29 April President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan received a newly appointed Russian co-chair of the OSCE Minsk group Igor Popov. According to central information department of the office of the Artsakh Republic President, a number of issues related to the Azerbaijani-Karabagh conflict settlement were discussed during the meeting. The necessity of peaceful settlement of the conflict within the framework of the Minsk group and participation of Artsakh in the negotiation process were mutually noted. Foreign minister of the Artsakh Republic Georgy Petrosyan partook at the meeting.

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